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25 results found for '"Child Benefit"' in Keywords.
Len Murray response to 1978 Budget (1978)
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- Interview
Len Murray, General Secretary of the TUC, responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. He states his view that the Chancellor has got his general priorities right, although the biggest question mark lies over...
Labour backbencher responds to 1978 Budget (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Jeff Rooker on the contents of Chancellor Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. He is very pleased with the introduction of the lower rate band at 25%, and with Child Benefit increases. On...
Response to 1978 Budget (1978)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (possibly Frank Field of the Poverty Action Group?) responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. He praises it as being the first of Healey’s children’s budgets, with the low-paid...
Liberal assembly - debate on family and multinationals (1979)
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- News report; Speech
Peter Allen reports on proceedings on 26/09/79 as the Liberal Party assembly in Margate opened, with debate on the family within the community, and on the power of multi-national companies. Speaking are:...
Michael Meacher fears cuts in child benefit (1984)
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- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Michael Meacher on child benefit, and Government cutbacks on social security. Male interviewer not identified.
Timothy Raison on child benefit freeze (1988)
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- Interview
Interview with Timothy Raison MP on increasing resistance from Conservative backbenchers over plans to freeze child benefit for a second year. Social Security Secretary John Moore is understood to have lost...
Neil Kinnock on child benefit freeze (1988)
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- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock who feels Margaret Thatcher is cheating mothers by probable planning to freeze child benefit payments for the second year running and not raise them...
Commons debate on child benefit freeze (1988)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on scenes in the Commons yesterday over the probable child benefits freeze for the second year, at Question Time, where Margaret Thatcher was refusing to speak about it....
Child benefit freeze debate (1988)
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- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Murphy reports on Commons debate following the announcement that as expected child benefit is to be frozen for the second year running. Includes speeches by Social Security Secretary John Moore who...
Benefits changes announced (1989)
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- Speech
Social Security Secretary Tony Newton announces to the Commons the present level of child benefit will be frozen for the third successive year and instead an extra £300million will go in benefits targeted...