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Fred Jarvis on money for students to stay in school (1978)
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General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Fred Jarvis discusses the Government’s plans to pay pupils to stay on at school. Jarvis, who welcomes the plan, says that many children currently leave...
Ronald Brown on criticism of London-based Labour MPs (1978)
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Ronald Brown, chairman of a group of London Labour MPs, responds to criticism of the Greater London Council by the TUC South East regional council. Brown claims that the Labour MPs have been fighting hard...
Shelagh Roberts on new road schemes in London (1978)
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Shelagh Roberts of the Greater London Council, on plans to improve the road network in London. Roberts claims that roads need to be built near Heathrow Airport and in Docklands. Roberts also discusses the...
Roland Freeman on racial segregation in London (1978)
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Conservative MP Roland Freeman on plans for segregated Bengali housing in the Brick Lane area of London. Freeman claims that racial segregation would lead to ghettos and increase racial violence in the area....
Iain Sproat on racial violence in inner cities (1978)
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Iain Sproat, Conservative MP for Aberdeen South, on racial tension in inner cities, following violence in the East End of London. Sproat says immigration should be stopped for at least the next five years....
Gladys Dimson on housing exclusively for Bengalis (1978)
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Gladys Dimson of the Greater London Council does not want to see exclusively Bengali housing areas in London. Dimson speaks after violence in the Brick Lane area. Male interviewer not identified.
Collision of Eleni V (1978)
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Interview with an unidentified male speaker from the EEC on the sinking of the oil tanker, Eleni V. The tanker collided with a French ship in heavy fog, spilling five thousand tonnes of oil. He says that...
GLC plans for London transport (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on the Greater London Council’s fifteen-year plan to improve the road network in London. Speaker claims the plan will not solve London’s congestion problems but will help ease...
GLC road network plans (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker praises the Greater London Council’s plan to improve the road network in London, but claims that more needs to be done. He says that London is behind cities such as Paris and that...
Development of the M25 (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on the development of the M25 and its impact on London. He claims that money should be spent on public transport and on river transport, not on roads. Topics of pollution and trade...