LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Last working day of GLC

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

28 Mar 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:36

Description

Elena Curti reports on the final working day of the Greater London Council, which is being disbanded. Includes interviews with GLC leader Ken Livingstone, on the work being spread to other organisations, and redundancies; GLC housing chairman on giving £37 million to the London area for housing maintenance; Neil Kinnock on local governance. Also a speech by Tony Banks, chairman, at the final council meeting, with a response by Alan Greengross, and Ken Livingstone proposing a vote of thanks to the GLC.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Ken Livingstone; Alan Greengross; Tony Banks; Elena Curti

Keywords

Politics; London; Local authorities; Local government; GLC; Public finance; Council housing; Housing maintenance; Governance; City councils

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