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22 results found for '"State budget"' in Keywords.
Bill Rodgers on car tax refund (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Rodgers, Transport Minister, about the refund on road licences to 600,000 motorists. He explains how people can apply, and why it happened.
Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget speech (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget speech. He speaks of his time in the post of Chancellor as gruelling, seeing record unemployment and inflation. But now the 7 biggest governments are working together, interest...
Margaret Thatcher response to 1978 Budget speech (1978)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher makes preliminary remarks in response to Denis Healey’s Budget speech. She commends him on his change in style and briefer speech. She claims to have no advance...
Denis Healey - 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey on increases in the old age pension, the real value of which, he says, has risen by over 20% since his Government came into office. Very short clips.
Len Murray response to 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- 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...
Denis Healey on tax reliefs in 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey on his Budget tax reliefs, which will leave the ‘average’ £75-per-week family better off. Living standards, he says, can continue to rise over the year ahead.
Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. She observes that under his stewardship, the country’s output has not increased for 4 years; he has presided over the biggest increase...
Len Murray on 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, General Secretary of the TUC, on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. Murray welcomes the Chancellor’s moves on income tax, and observes the need to go on fighting inflation. The TUC hopes to hold...
Response to 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. On the subject of pension increases, he says the Budget falls short of TUC and Labour Party objectives. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter...
Ken Gill responds to 1978 Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Ken Gill, General Secretary of the AUEW, on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. Gill’s union had wanted more money invested in construction and industry, and Gill sees nothing in the Budget to deal quickly with...