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Tom King on first meeting with TUC (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with new Employment Secretary Tom King following his first meeting with the TUC, over trade union law reform and on difference in style to predecessor Norman Tebbit. Male interviewer not identified.
Nicholas Ridley new transport secretary (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Nicholas Ridley about his new position as Transport Secretary, how he gets around, and plans for London Transport. Male interviewer not identified.
NHS reform plans (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on NHS cuts which aim to provide cost effectiveness and efficiency in the service, with fears over number of doctors and nurses unemployed. With comment from health service minister Kenneth Clarke....
Geoffrey Howe on peacekeeping in the Middle East (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe on why British troops are in the Lebanon, what the peacekeeping force is doing in the Middle East and how they are being protected from attack. Male interviewer...
Leon Brittan to review criminal justice system (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary Leon Brittan on his plans to review the criminal justice system and on prison overcrowding and his plans to tackle it, with reference to recent Maze Prison breakout. Male...
GLC abolition white paper launched (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Secretary Patrick Jenkin at the launch of the Government White Paper which seeks to abolish the Greater London Council and six metroplitan councils to simplify the structure of...
Peter Tachell on press treatment during by-election (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party candidate for the Bermondsey by-election, Peter Tatchell, on what the press did to hinder his chances and his new book about the affair entitled The Battle for Bermondsey. Female...
Nuclear missiles based in Britain (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine about the siting of Cruise nuclear missiles on US army bases in Britain, despite protests, and on UK disagreement with US invasion of Caribbean country...
British policy over Grenada invasion (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe following his Commons statement, about the US invasion of Caribbean country Grenada, British policy over it and the future for Grenada. Also on criticism of...
Thatcher after Commonwealth conference (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following a Commonwealth conference. On a letter by Soviet Union leader Yuri Andropov calling for a change in attitude over nuclear deterrence; US invasion of...