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  • City week (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Parliamentary debate; Serial; Speech

    City Week, presented by financial editor Douglas Moffitt, looking back at the week’s financial news. Includes report on Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget with an increase in VAT; other topics...

  • City week (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    City Week, presented by Tom Maddocks, looks back at recent financial issues. Programme comes just after the 1979 General Election and includes excerpts from Margaret Thatcher’s maiden Prime Minister’s...

  • City week (1979)

    Genre
    Interview; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    City Week, presented by Tom Maddocks, looks back at recent financial issues in the week of Chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s maiden Budget with an increase in VAT. Includes Parliamentary Budget excerpts and...

  • Commons debate on NHS report (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Spencer reports on the Commons debate over the recommendations of the NHS Royal Commission report, and the broader financing of the service with government proposals to link private insurance schemes...

  • NHS report recommendations (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Report on the recommendations of the NHS Royal Commission report, including the abolition of health service charges and discussions with the TUC to avert industrial action. Includes interviews with...

  • Parliamentary debates on industry and welfare (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Parliamentary report by John Armstrong. Includes Industry Secretary Sir Keith Joseph’s announcement of planned cuts in regional development aid to industrial problem areas, and debate over closure of the...

  • Parliamentary row over regional aid cut (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Murphy Parliamentary report on Industry Secretary Sir Keith Joseph’s announcement of planned cuts in regional development aid to industrial problem areas, and the row over the delayed arrival of the...

  • Benefit payment delays (1979)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Report on Parliamentary debate on the delay in child benefit and pensions payments following the introduction of new computer technology and industrial action. Includes speeches by Conservative MP Andrew...

  • City week (1979)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview; Parliamentary debate

    A review of the week’s news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit, hosted by Douglas Moffitt and Tom Maddocks. The topics covered include: tap stocks scandal and security lodgings; floating exchange rates; a...

  • City week (1979)

    Genre
    Discussion; Interview; Parliamentary debate; Special; Speech; Trailer

    City Week. A review of the week’s news as seen by IRN’s Financial Unit, hosted by Douglas Moffitt and Tom Maddocks. Topics covered include: the contents of the Queen’s Speech following the 1979 General...