Labour conference- councils to defy government
- Title
- Labour conference- councils to defy government
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- Oct 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:20
- Description
- Report on the Labour Party conference in Brighton calling for local Labour councils to break the law and defy Government spending cuts. Speaking are leader of Lambeth Council Ted Knight; Labour environment spokesman Gerald Kaufman; MP for Central Edinburgh Robin Cook. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Robin Cook; Ted Knight; Gerald Kaufman
- Keywords
- Politics; Local authorities; Local government; Labour Party; Cost reduction; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Michael Heseltine; Government spending; Local taxation; Brighton; Local finance; Centralization
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LBC/IRN, "Labour conference- councils to defy government". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0023300492005 (Accessed 20 Apr 2025)