LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

John Major organises his new cabinet

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:16

Description

Paul Rowley from Westminster for LBC Newstalk Breakfast summarises new Prime Minister John Major’s cabinet appointments with leadership rival Michael Heseltine as Environment Secretary- he pledges to reform the poll tax (community charge); Sir William Clark on Norman Lamont becoming Chancellor; new Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on the new cabinet; backbencher Teresa Gorman angry at there being no women in the cabinet; Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown is not impressed.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine; Malcolm Rifkind; Paul Rowley; Paddy Ashdown; Teresa Gorman; William Clark

Keywords

Women; Equal opportunity; Community charge; Local taxation; Cabinet ministers; John Major; Cabinet (politics); David Mellor; Norman Lamont; Chris Patten; Political appointments; Kenneth Baker; David Waddington; Ian Lang; Richard Ryder; Tim Renton

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