Edward Heath campaign speech at Sidcup
- Title
- Edward Heath campaign speech at Sidcup
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- Oct 1974
- Year of production
- 1974
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- Duration
- 00:16:40
- Description
- Election campaign speech by Conservative Party leader Edward Heath in his Sidcup constituency. Covers the collapse of the stock exchange; class warfare being instigated in the campaign; economic crisis; housing; moving expenditure from local government to central and new system of rates; increasing reviews of benefit needs. Sound is in mono.
- Contributors
- Edward Heath
- Keywords
- Labour Party; Inflation; Social security; Economics; Housing; Conservative Party; Council housing; Political parties; Economic recession; Public expenditure; Party politics; Community charge; General elections; Local taxation; Mortgages (loans); Election campaigns; Stock exchanges; Social class; Housing policy; Centralization; Sidcup
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LBC/IRN, "Edward Heath campaign speech at Sidcup". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003300033002 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)