Major says Tories are tax cutting party
- Title
- Major says Tories are tax cutting party
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- 27 Feb 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:02:36
- Description
- Prime Minister John Major has addressed the Conservative Party local government conference prior to local and European elections. In a aggressive speech he stressed the Tories are still the tax cutting party despite taxes being raised. The speech was criticised by shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown, Liberal Democrats Treasury spokesman Alan Beith and shadow Treasury spokesperson Harriet Harman. Report by Iain Ramage with excerpts of Major’s speech. Sound is in mono.
- Contributors
- John Major; Iain Ramage
- Keywords
- Politics; Taxation; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Harriet Harman; Alan Beith; Gordon Brown
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