LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Financial policy defended

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Jul 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Interview with Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe justifying Government policy on public expenditure cuts and the introduction of private finance and divestiture of public control in the nationalized industries, following his meeting with TUC General Secretary Len Murray. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe

Keywords

Trade unions; TUC; Cost reduction; Public finance; British Aerospace; Privatization; British Airways; Public expenditure; Financial policy; Nationalized industries; Len Murray; Meetings; Private finance; Redundancies; Private ownership

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