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14,859 results found for all records.
General election - Jenkins on SDP-Lib manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
SDP leader Roy Jenkins claims that the Conservative Party is responsible for the biggest increase in unemployment in Britain’s economic history. Labour deputy leader Denis Healey says it is important to...
General election - Party campaigns (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Richard Dallyn reports on the general election campaigns of the major parties, and the policies they will be adopting.
General election - Labour manifesto published (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the publication of the Labour Party election manifesto, with its stated main aim being to reduce unemployment to less than a million in five years. Includes excerpt from ITN interview with Prime...
General election - Thatcher rallies workers (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Conservative Party headquarters to rally party workers for the forthcoming general election. Industry Secretary Patrick Jenkin has said an economic recovery is still...
General election - Michael Foot on Conservative manifesto (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Labour Party leader Michael Foot says the Conservative Party manifesto oozes complacency. Roy Jenkins, leader of the Social Democrats, criticises the manifestos of both the Tories and the Labour Party....
General election - Michael Foot on unemployment (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Labour Party leader Michael Foot, speaking in Oxford, targets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government for the rise in unemployment. Speaking in London, Thatcher responds by saying that unemployment...
General election - Unemployment as campaign issue (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on unemployment. Labour deputy leader Denis Healey has accused the Thatcher government of sourcing a misleading unemployment report in 1981. Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit discounted the...
General election - Inflation, prices, jobs (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe has said there is no reason to expect inflation figures to go up this year. Labour leader Denis Healey is sceptical about the forecast, saying that there is no inflation in a...
General election - Thatcher on cost of living (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher goes shopping in the supermarket and chats with pensioners. She tells reporters that food prices went up by 122 percent towards the end of the Labour Government but remained...
General election - Thatcher on prospects (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tells the people of Cornwall that she thinks the Conservatives have a reasonable chance of forming the government again. Labour Party leader Michael Foot talks about his...