John Methven reacts to mini-budget
- Title
- John Methven reacts to mini-budget
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 8 Jun 1978
- Year of production
- 1978
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- Duration
- 00:03:32
- Description
- John Methven, head of the CBI on Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget. Dismayed at some parts including lack of cuts in public spending and putting up costs of employment (increased National Insurance contributions) in industry which he claims will lead to unemployment. Interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- John Methven
- Keywords
- Industry; Taxation; Economics; Monetary policy; CBI; Unemployment; National budgets; Public expenditure; Denis Healey
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LBC/IRN, "John Methven reacts to mini-budget". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006900210002 (Accessed 22 Jul 2025)