LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget

Genre

Speech

TX Date

12 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:21

Description

Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. She observes that under his stewardship, the country’s output has not increased for 4 years; he has presided over the biggest increase in employment and the peak inflation of the post-war period. She also remarks that the housewife does not see inflation in the same way as Mr Healey does.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Inflation; Unemployment; National budgets; Denis Healey; State budget

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