LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Labour conference-council workers to defy cuts

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

Interview (with Lambeth Council leader Ted Knight?) about organised action against spending cuts imposed by the Government, through Michael Heseltine, on local councils including redundancies, and his Labour Party resolution passed at the Brighton conference to break the law and defy the cuts. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ted Knight?

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Local authorities; Local government; Labour Party; Wages; Cost reduction; Political conferences; Political parties; Conferences; Michael Heseltine; Government spending; Brighton; Trade union members; Redundancies

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