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CBI Conference - Alex Jarratt on union reform (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Conference in Glasgow. Chairman of the CBI’s Employment Policy Committee, Sir Alex Jarratt supports the Government’s trade unions reforms. Former...
CBI conference final day (1983)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on the final day of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Conference in Glasgow. CBI President Sir Campbell Fraser gives a speech on unemployment. Richard Petitt(?) from Sunderland bursts into...
CBI Conference - Michael Hearn on growth (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Conference in Glasgow. Michael Hearn, Managing Director of the Swansea Aluminium Wire and Cable Company, gives a speech criticising the Government for...
Government plans to abolish GLC (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Government’s plans, announced in the Queen’s speech, for the abolition of the GLC by 1986 and its replacement with government appointed boards to run public services. With reaction from GLC...
GLC housing association debts scandal (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the resignation from the GLC of three Conservative group members from the Tory group in light of the interim report into the Council’s involvement with housing associations. Includes Council...
Russian delegation visit GLC human rights summit (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the visit by Moscow Mayor Vladimir Promyslov and a Russian delegation to the GLC arranged Summit on Peace and Human Rights, including discussion of the treatment of Jewish dissidents in the Soviet...
Government London transport plans (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Government’s white paper proposals to transfer control of the capital’s public transport from the GLC-run London Transport to a single government appointed London Regional Transport...
Opposition campaign against government plans for London (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the campaign by London Labour Party MPs, GLC councillors and Labour borough council leaders against Government proposals for London, including abolition of the GLC and the introduction of rate...
GLC Tories consult on future governance (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the GLC Conservative Group booklets being sent out to voluntary and charitable organisations in London to consult them about the city’s future government, in conflict with central government...
GLC royal request to open Thames Barrier (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report on the first full GLC meeting of the year, including the invitation by the republican Labour administration to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, to open the Thames...