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Tom Jackson on cuts (1979)
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- Speech
Speech by TUC chairman Tom Jackson about Conservative Government cuts in public services and the likelihood of resulting increased unemployment.
MPs pay rise debate (1979)
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- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Richard Bath reports on a Parliamentary debate on a massive pay rise for MPs. With speeches from: Leader of the House Norman St John-Stevas; shadow Leader Michael Foot.
Thatcher speech at policeman memorial (1979)
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- Speech
Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, at the unveiling of a plaque in memory of Christopher McDonald, 19-year-old policeman , who was murdered in Blackpool in 05/78.
Lord Soames on relocation of civil servants (1979)
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- Speech
Lord Christopher Soames presents to Parliament his speech on the dispersal of civil service posts from London to other areas of Britain. He refers to the Hardman Report which analysed the consequences of...
Moss Evans on unemployed (1979)
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- Speech
General Secretary of the TGWU union, Moss Evans, makes a speech at the Scarborough conference criticising the Conservative Government claim that the unemployed are work-shy.
Parliamentary proceedings (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on Parliamentary debate on various topics including trade union reform proposals from Employment Secretary Jim Prior; energy and oil shortages; MPs’ pay; a strike affecting the House of Commons....
Tory government and unions (1979)
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- Speech
Three excerpts from a speech at the Scarborough trade union conference by Alex Kitson? of the TGWU on the relationship between the Conservative Government and the trade unions and on Government plans to...
Terry Duffy on wage dispute (1979)
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- Speech
Leader of the AUEW, Terry Duffy, makes a speech at the TGWU conference in Scarborough about the wage dispute between his members and employers.
Frank Apps on press coverage of lorry driver’s strike (1979)
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- Speech
Lorry driver Frank Apps(?) accuses the press of distorting the truth during the lorry strike. Speech at the TGWU conference in Scarborough.
Stan Pemberton on trade union law reforms (1979)
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- Speech
Stan Pemberton of the TGWU makes a speech attacking the Conservative Government proposals for trade union reform.