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6 results found for '"District councils"' in Keywords.
Bill to scrap GLC debated (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the long night’s debate during the third reading of the controversial bill to scrap the elections for the GLC and county councils. Includes Commons speeches by Liberal environment spokesman Simon...
Countdown to abolition (1986)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Speech; Vox pop
Countdown to Abolition. Documentary by Elena Curti on the abolition of the GLC and the Metropolitan Councils in 1986. Looks at likely economic outcome of abolition, distribution of funds to London boroughs,...
Princess Anne on the countryside and sport (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Graham Lewis reports on Princess Anne, Princess Royal’s speech at the leisure and tourism annual conference of district councils about people moving to the country and the need to encourage sport in the...
The 12 o’clock news from May (1991)
- Genre
- Advertisement; News bulletin; News report
The 12 o’clock IRN news with Howard Hughes. Topics are Helen Sharman the first Briton in space returning to earth- report by Sue Jameson from Moscow; peace talks in Northern Ireland; Phil Edwards reports...
Local government structure review (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Local Government Minister Michael Portillo discusses the Government’s review of whether the two tier local authority system of district and county council should be scrapped, a Local Government Commission...
District council elections ‘92 - Labour lose 16 councils (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Rowley reports on the results of the district council elections in which the Labour Party lost 16 councils including Basildon, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Bury (following them losing general election) and...