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Denis Healey on tax reliefs in 1978 Budget (1978)
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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey on his Budget tax reliefs, which will leave the ‘average’ £75-per-week family better off. Living standards, he says, can continue to rise over the year ahead.
Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget (1978)
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Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. She observes that under his stewardship, the country’s output has not increased for 4 years; he has presided over the biggest increase...
Len Murray on 1978 Budget (1978)
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Len Murray, General Secretary of the TUC, on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. Murray welcomes the Chancellor’s moves on income tax, and observes the need to go on fighting inflation. The TUC hopes to hold...
Film inspires dance craze (1978)
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Unidentified male dance teacher(?) on recent dancing craze possibly sparked by a film (presumably Saturday Night Fever). He talks about the types of people now coming through his doors, and how they gain in...
Response to 1978 Budget (1978)
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Unidentified male speaker on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. On the subject of pension increases, he says the Budget falls short of TUC and Labour Party objectives. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter...
Ken Gill responds to 1978 Budget (1978)
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Ken Gill, General Secretary of the AUEW, on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. Gill’s union had wanted more money invested in construction and industry, and Gill sees nothing in the Budget to deal quickly with...
Tobacco industry response to 1978 Budget (1978)
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Unidentified male Imperial Tobacco spokesman(?) on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget (11/04/78). He criticises the new surcharge on higher tar cigarettes (7p per pack of 20) as unnecessary and unjustified in the...
Labour MP responds to 1978 Budget (1978)
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Interview with an identified male Labour politician (poss. Doug Hoyle) on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget (11/04/78). On the whole, he is happy that the Budget gives help where it is most needed; his only...
Hugh Faulkner on 1978 Budget (1978)
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Interview with Hugh Faulkner from Help The Aged, in which he responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. He points out that the new state pension scheme doesn’t benefit existing pensioners; the Government...
Geoffrey Howe’s response to 1978 Budget (1978)
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Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. His speech is broadly critical, observing that the introduction of the reduced rate band is far less useful than...