LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Robin Cook on leaked documents

Genre

Interview

TX Date

10 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:29

Description

Interview with the Labour Party’s social security spokesman, Robin Cook, on leaked documents suggesting the poor would be denied a full rebate on their poll tax payments. He says he has a duty to protect the source of important evidence. Interviewer identified as ? Russell (poss. Peter Russell).

Contributors

Robin Cook; Peter Russell?

Keywords

Data protection; Social security; Civil servants; Community charge; Right to privacy; Parliamentary papers

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