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Nicholas Ridley new transport secretary (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Nicholas Ridley about his new position as Transport Secretary, how he gets around, and plans for London Transport. Male interviewer not identified.
NHS reform plans (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on NHS cuts which aim to provide cost effectiveness and efficiency in the service, with fears over number of doctors and nurses unemployed. With comment from health service minister Kenneth Clarke....
Thatcher details USA visit topics (1983)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher detailing the topics to be discussed with the US President Ronald Reagan during her visit to Washington DC including nuclear disarmament, East West...
Geoffrey Howe on peacekeeping in the Middle East (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe on why British troops are in the Lebanon, what the peacekeeping force is doing in the Middle East and how they are being protected from attack. Male interviewer...
Scottish National Party conference (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the annual political conference of the Scottish National Party. With speeches from Plaid Cymru Vice-Chairman Doctor Hayden Edwards; President of the SNP Donald Stewart; delegate Roddy Anderson....
Thatcher in Canada on the welfare state (1983)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Toronto, about the welfare state and how people must not rely on government benefits otherwise individual enterprise will be lost.
Leon Brittan to review criminal justice system (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Secretary Leon Brittan on his plans to review the criminal justice system and on prison overcrowding and his plans to tackle it, with reference to recent Maze Prison breakout. Male...
GLC abolition white paper launched (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Environment Secretary Patrick Jenkin at the launch of the Government White Paper which seeks to abolish the Greater London Council and six metroplitan councils to simplify the structure of...
Peter Tachell on press treatment during by-election (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party candidate for the Bermondsey by-election, Peter Tatchell, on what the press did to hinder his chances and his new book about the affair entitled The Battle for Bermondsey. Female...
Parliament debates Grenada invasion (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the Prime Minister’s Question Time Parliamentary debate following the invasion of the British Commonwealth Caribbean country of Grenada by the USA. With speeches by deputy leader of the Labour...