LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

John Pardoe on mini-budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Jun 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Peter Allen interviews John Pardoe, Liberal economic spokesman, in which he gives his reaction to Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget. Says increase in National Insurance contributions won’t add to unemployment but is rather higher than they would have wanted, also comments on increase in lending rate and general economic policy of the Government.

Contributors

John Pardoe; Peter Allen

Keywords

Taxation; Economics; Monetary policy; Unemployment; National budgets; Public expenditure; Denis Healey

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