LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

10 Jan 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:20:22

Description

Child Benefits, presented by Des Fahy. Looks at Social Services Secretary Norman Fowler’s review of the social security system and benefits payments; means testing and whether people are actually receiving what they need; and the overall success of the benefit system. Interviews with Ruth Lister of Child Poverty Action; Robert McCrindle Tory MP; Eamonn Butler of the Adam Smith Institute; Dick Taverne of the SDP; Tony Lynes, author of Penguin Guide to Supplementary Benefit. Engineer Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Robert McCrindle; Dave Dawson; Ruth Lister; Dick Taverne; Eamonn Butler; Tony Lynes; Des Fahy

Keywords

Social security; Social services; Social policy; Poverty; Norman Fowler; Social welfare

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