LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Unemployment rises again

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:32

Description

Des Fahy interviews Employment Secretary Michael Howard on the recent unemployment figures, which show another increase, but the lowest increase since January. Howard discusses the job losses in manufacturing employment, and claims investment has increased under the current government, and an end to the recession is in sight. He dismisses any link between unemployment and criminal acts, in view of recent riots in deprived urban areas which he says have received extra help, including Meadowell in Newcastle.

Contributors

Des Fahy; Michael Howard

Keywords

Urban regeneration; Unemployment; Employment; Riots; Economic recession; Unemployed youth; Manufacturing industry; Newcastle; Unemployment statistics; Residential estates; Meadowell

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.