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John Methven reacts to mini-budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Methven, head of the CBI on Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget. Dismayed at some parts including lack of cuts in public spending and putting up costs of employment (increased National Insurance...
Mini-budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Vivian White reports on Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget. Includes speech by shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe in the Commons; interviews with John Pardoe, Liberal economic spokesman claiming...
Heseltine on mini-budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative MP Michael Heseltine blames Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget for increase in mortgage rate. Criticises economic policy outlined in the budget and says public borrowing and public...
John Pardoe on mini-budget (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews John Pardoe, Liberal economic spokesman, in which he gives his reaction to Chancellor Denis Healey’s mini-budget. Says increase in National Insurance contributions won’t add to...
EEC energy policy talks (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Energy Secretary Tony Benn on EEC fledgling energy policy following talks and on subsidies to British energy industries and power stations. Claims coal is the future of energy resources in the UK. Control...
Inflation to stay in single figures (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Roy Hattersley reacts to union leader Alan Fisher’s saying that Hattersley’s statement that inflation will stay in single figures is simply kite-flying before the elections. Stands by his claim...
Labour by-election victory (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour MP Roy Hattersley, on the Labour victory at the Hamilton by-election in Scotland and whether this is representative of how the country as a whole would vote in a general election and...
Dealing with youth crime (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP David Howell, on the need for action to curb rising youth crime rates. Believes offenders should be dealt with less leniently to serve as a proper deterrent. Male interviewer...
UK Embassies’ security (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Jill Knight in which she calls for greater security in UK embassy buildings in communist nations to prevent espionage and bugging following an incident in a US embassy in...
Hamilton by-election (1978)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview
Margo MacDonald, losing SNP candidate in the Hamilton by-election in Scotland, gives her reaction to the result and talks about the option their party gives of independence for Scotland through devolution....