Original sentence: A week later the Chancellor defended the decision in a debate in the House of Commons, saying that the F111 would prove to be cheaper.In response to suggestions of cancellation, BAC employee's had held a protest march.In the budget speech of April 6, 1965, the cancellation in favour of the F-111 was announced.Some face was saved by the Concorde and Harrier projects.The American team behind the General Dynamics F-111 project had been pressing their case and newspaper reports had suggested that the RAF were considering it.The new Labour (and suposedly pro-worker) government, which had come into power in 1964, issued strong denials
Edited sentence: A change of government in 1964 meant that the project, which had received a lot of negative public attention due to cost, was held up as an example of the waste and inefficiency of the previous government.Some face was saved by the Concorde and Harrier projects, but from then on the Americans took the lead.Without notice, the project was cancelled on April 6, 1965