LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Norman Lamont on his first budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:10:10

Description

Angela Rippon and financial editor Douglas Moffitt interview Chancellor Norman Lamont from the radio car outside the Treasury on his first Budget. Topics include cutting the poll tax (community charge); how much worse the economy will get before the end of the recession; how he would prevent a spending boom if interest rates reduce; impact of changes on the motor car industry; if inflation will keep falling; the impact of the budget on low income families.

Contributors

Norman Lamont; Douglas Moffitt; Angela Rippon

Keywords

Budgets; Inflation; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; Interest rates; Economic recession; National budgets; Community charge; Poor; Economic growth; National economy; Local taxation; Value Added Tax

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