Title

Miners strike and unemployment

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

30 Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:17

Description

Report on a Parliamentary debate on the impact to the economy of the miners’ strike and the problem of unemployment. With speeches by Chancellor Nigel Lawson and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock. Female reporter not identified (poss. Judith Dawson).

Further information

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1984/oct/30/unemployment

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Nigel Lawson; Judith Dawson?

Keywords

Politics; Government; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Margaret Thatcher; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Political leadership; Economic policy; Coal miners; Economic systems; Party politics; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Strikes (events)

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