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45 results found for '"Borough councils"' in Keywords.
Brian Hayes show (1977)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show
Brian Hayes interviews Peter Shore, Environment Secretary, on his paper proposing the issues of housing should be shifted from central government to local government; devolution of housing; unsatisfactory...
Peter Shore on council rates for 1979 (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Secretary of State for the Environment, Peter Shore on government grants to local authorities. Shore says there will be increases in urban areas and insists that these are the areas that need it most. He...
Squatters in Tower Hamlets (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council (GLC) leader Horace Cutler on Bangladeshi squatters in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Male interviewer not identified. In 2 parts.
Ian Martin on Hillingdon Council (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Human rights activist Ian Martin on a family being sent to the Foreign Office by Hillingdon Council, having arrived from Kenya. Martin says the council has behaved irresponsibly and it should have found a...
Terry Dicks defends actions of Hillingdon council (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Hillingdon Borough councillor Terry Dicks defends the actions of the council after it sent an immigrant family to the Foreign Office in a taxi. Dicks says the family should have arranged housing before...
National Front in Hillingdon (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Community Relations Officer for Hillingdon, Charan(?) Rai(?), on councillor Terry Dicks supporting a move to allow the National Front to use council premises. He says allowing the National Front access will...
Anti-cuts protesters demonstrate at Thatcher ceremony (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on a demonstration at a ceremony in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was awarded the freedom of the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Protesters were demonstrating against cuts being made by...
Ron Bathurst complains about high business rate (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Ron Bathurst, Chairman of Southwark Chamber of Commerce, complains about a 30 percent increase in rates, saying this could be the final nail in the coffin for many businesses. (North American or Canadian?)...
Council funding for London women homeworkers (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the insufficient grants from London borough councils to assist poorly paid women homeworkers and the refusal of the GLC to provide funding. Female speaker and interviewer not identified.
Wandsworth law centres funding cuts plan (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with legal expert Ole Hansen on Wandsworth Borough Council’s plans to cut funds and possibly close independent law centres in the borough, after one centre successfully represented a group of...