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Labour conference - Five percent pay limit (1978)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on the debate at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool on the Government’s controversial five percent pay policy. General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees, Alan Fisher...
Labour conference - Ron Hayward on Party unity (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour General Secretary, Ron Hayward makes a speech at the Party conference in Blackpool, ahead of the 1979 General Election. Hayward says the world looks to the Labour Party as the mother socialist party...
Enoch Powell on foreign policy (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell makes a speech criticising the Government’s foreign policy and the lack of criticism of Margaret Thatcher’s opposition. Powell claims that Prime Minister James Callaghan...
Jack Jones retirement tribute (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the tribute at the Royal Festival Hall to Jack Jones who is retiring from his position as TGWU General Secretary. Includes speeches by General Secretary of the TUC, Len Murray and Prime Minister...
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...
Liberal Party votes to maintain Lib-Lab pact (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report by Ed Boyle following the conclusion of the Liberal Party Assembly in Blackpool which decided on the continuation of the Lib-Lab pact despite factions in the party being against it. Contains speech by...
Thatcher on green pound (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher to the National Farmers Union. She defends her party’s stance on the green pound (exchange rate used by Europe for conversion of agricultural prices to...
Green pound devaluation - David Steel comments (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by leader of the Liberal Party, David Steel, on the Government’s failure on the vote on the devaluation of the green pound (exchange rate used by Europe for conversion of agricultural prices to...
British Leyland future (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister James Callaghan to a British Leyland audience on the future of BL under new boss Michael Edwardes and the need to make the firm economically viable after previously injecting massive...
James Callaghan on upcoming Budget (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Prime Minister James Callaghan to the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, on the upcoming Budget- planned tax cuts and need for balance of incomes policy with tax and cutbacks in the steel industry due...