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7,185 results found for all records.
Government won’t bail out Barlow Clowes investors (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on the Government’s decision not to bail out the 18,000 investors in failed finance firm Barlow Clowes and the ombudsman possibly investigating the collapse. Includes speeches by...
Metropolitan Police Federation annual meeting (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the Central Hall in Westminster where the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, has attended the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Police Federation and has been told police are losing...
Prince Edward supporting Greens (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Julie Benson reports from the Ford Conservation Awards ceremony at St James Palace in London where Prince Edward has decided to come out (in a political sense) and support the Green Party like his father....
South African local elections (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Southern Africa correspondent Nigel Wrench reports on the local elections in South Africa where those against the government’s view have mostly been detained. Includes speech by Pik Botha, Nationalist...
Child benefit freeze debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Peter Murphy reports on Commons debate following the announcement that as expected child benefit is to be frozen for the second year running. Includes speeches by Social Security Secretary John Moore who...
British Rail privatisation proposal (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Eve Conway reports on a speech by Transport Secretary Paul Channon to the Centre for Policy Studies, a Tory think tank, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on options for privatisation of...
Suzanne Fageol defies Church (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Rodney Bennett reports on the case of an American female priest, Rev Suzanne Fageol, who has vowed to go on celebrating communion in defiance of the wishes of the Church of England. Includes recording of...
Margaret Thatcher speech in Poland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Murphy reports from Poland on a speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. On the eve of her meeting with Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa, the Prime Minister used a formal dinner to tell her...
NHS budget boost (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke speech explaining the announced £1.8 billion budget rise for the NHS in England. He makes it clear this is over and above the planned rise for nurses wages.
York Minster re-dedication service (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Clive Settle (Radio Aire) reports from York Minster on a special service of re-dedication, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, at Britain’s largest gothic church. Follows the destruction of the building by...