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Labour local government conference (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on Labour’s local government conference on rate capping. Party leader Neil Kinnock expresses support for the Lambeth and Liverpool left-wingers, but opposition to their policy of confrontation....
GLC forward funding plans (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Greater London Council plans to forward fund certain organisations before its abolition on 31st March. GLC leader Ken Livingstone talks about the work going into this. Conservative group leader...
GLC forward funding plans (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Greater London Council plans to forward fund projects and organisations before its abolition. GLC leader Ken Livingstone believes such a cross-council, cross-party package offers the best solution....
Frances Morrell on ILEA cuts (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Inner London Education Authority leader Frances Morrell expresses incredulity at Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph’s refusal of a last-minute appeal for more money. ILEA now faces cuts of 55 million...
David Owen on ILEA (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Dr David Owen condemns the politicization of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) that has resulted in the suffering of pupils and conscientious teachers in...
Norman Tebbit on ILEA political dogma (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit complains that the Inner London Education Authority has been about politics rather than education - management have been forcing politics down the line, and many...
Glenys Thornton on becoming new Chairman of London Labour Party (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Newly-elected Glenys Thornton on becoming Chairman of the London Labour Party. She says her election does not represent a shift to the right, but a victory for women, illustrating the London Labour Party’s...
GLC defeated in its efforts to forward fund projects (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the defeat of the Greater London Council in its bid to forward fund London organisations in the run-up to its abolition. 25 million pounds would have gone to 1400 voluntary groups; ILEA was due to...
Baroness Denington on GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Dame Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington, who began her career with the London County Council in 1946, says it is outrageous that London-wide government is being abolished. Whilst she concedes that the GLC...
GLC money to fund housing repairs (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council Housing Chairman, Tony McBrearty on an eleventh-hour scheme to re-direct 37.5 million pounds originally intended for the Inner London Education Authority into housing repairs on ex-GLC...