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28,816 results found for all records.
Disabled employment cuts (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Interview with unidentified opposition employment spokesman, (poss. John Grant) about cuts in helping disabled people find employment. Includes criticism of James Prior, Employment Secretary. Female...
Liberal conference speech on marrying foreigners (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jeffrey Kaufman about his controversial speech at the Liberal Party conference about rights of women marrying foreigners. Coincides with Conservative Government’s proposals to change the...
Hugh Gaitskell appraisal (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified individual (possibly Philip M. Williams, author of Hugh Gaitskell: A Political Biography) on Hugh Gaitskell.
Peter Sainsbury imprisoned in the Lebanon (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the imprisonment of British financier Peter Sainsbury in the Lebanon, conditions in the jails there and action being taken to get him freed. He was arrested at Beirut Airport in September 1977....
Sale of council housing (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on the benefits of the new Conservative Government’s announced plans to sell off council houses. Male speaker not identified.
Nuclear arms race (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on the nuclear arms race and the need for unilateral disarmament between NATO countries and the Soviet Union.
Disabled transport (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified Government speaker on a report about problems of disabled transport, obsolete nature of tricycles and the need for adapted production line model cars. Male interviewer not...
Coal imports to British Steel (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male Labour MP (poss. Jack Cunningham) about the Conservative Government’s policy of importing cheap coal to the UK for use in British Steel works. Male interviewer not...
Harold Wilson on George Woodcock’s death (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Tribute
Interview with former Prime Minister Harold Wilson about the death of trade union leader George Woodcock, who died in Oct 1979. Male interviewer not identified.
Trade union legislation reform (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on proposed changes in trade union law by the new Conservative Government and their possible effects on industrial disputes. Includes interviews with TUC leader, Len Murray and Employment Secretary...