LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Paul Boateng resignation call following GLC Roach campaign grant

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

15 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

Report on the Greater London Council motion by Conservative spokesman Marion Roe calling for the resignation of Police Committee chairman Paul Boateng for failing to disclose a professional interest in the awarding of a grant to the Roach Family Support Committee campaign for an independent inquiry into the death of Colin Roach. Includes speeches by Roe and GLC leader Ken Livingstone. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ken Livingstone; Marion Roe

Keywords

Deaths; Police; GLC; Grants; Black peoples; Resignation (political); Paul Boateng; Colin Roach; Roach Family Support Committee

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