LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Tories lose VAT on fuel vote

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

7 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will present a mini-budget to the House of Commons tomorrow after the Government lost the vote on increasing VAT on fuel to 17.5 percent leaving a hole in his Budget. Political editor Ed Boyle reports on the scenes in the Commons as the result was announced. Includes Commons speeches by Kenneth Clarke; Speaker Betty Boothroyd; announcement of result (speaker not identified); Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown; Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Malcolm Bruce.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Betty Boothroyd; Gordon Brown; Malcolm Bruce

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Fuels; National budgets; Value Added Tax

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