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James Callaghan on education (1976)
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- Speech
Prime Minister James Callaghan makes a speech at Ruskin College, Oxford, on education. He says too few students enter industry; too many girls abandon science; industry also has its own shortcomings in the...
James Callaghan on cooperation with TUC (1976)
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- Speech
Prime Minister James Callaghan on the 3-year contract agreed with the TUC. He speaks of continuing consultation and cooperation between the Government and the trade union movement.
Queen’s speech at US Bicentennial celebrations (1976)
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- Speech
Queen Elizabeth II, at the opening of an Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Washington DC, gives a speech on the history of American independence as part of the Bicentennial celebrations.
Disorderly conduct in the House of Commons (1976)
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- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle and Peter Allen report on a particularly disorderly sitting of the House of Commons (27/05/76). With contributions from Conservative Michael Heseltine, Scottish nationalist Winnie Ewing, and Liberal...
Denis Healey on spending cuts (1976)
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- Speech
Speech by UK Chancellor, Denis Healey about public spending cuts following a Government request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Shirley Williams speech on education strategy (1976)
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- Speech
Speech by Education Secretary, Shirley Williams, on the Labour Government’s future strategy for schools and education.
Neil Kinnock takes firm line with hecklers (1976)
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- Speech
Albert Booth MP (Secretary of State for Employment?) trying to make a speech on the eve of the TUC Conference. He can barely be heard over hostile chanting; Neil Kinnock takes a firm line with the hecklers,...
James Callaghan on government borrowing (1976)
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- News report; Speech
Peter Allen reports on proceedings at the 1976 Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. Include speeches by Prime Minister James Callaghan on government borrowing; also Michael Foot, Deputy Leader of the...
Labour conference - government spending (1976)
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- News report; Speech
Peter Allen report on proceedings at the 1976 Labour Party Conference. Contributions from Alan Fisher of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), on spending cuts; Energy Secretary Tony Benn, on...
Denis Healey on a siege economy (1976)
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- Speech
Denis Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Labour Conference in Blackpool, on the demands of left-wing members of the Party for a so-called siege economy.