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Oftel wants to open up telecoms market (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Telecommunications watchdog Oftel has published a consultation report on opening up the telecommunications industry to further competition; minimising regulation will, it says, improve services and bring...
Brain Mawhinney on air pollution (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Transport Secretary Brian Mawhinney reacts to a Royal Commission report on environmental pollution. Includes excerpt of his speech to a conference on air quality today calling for positive work on the...
Chancellor’s mini-budget - Reaction (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Malcolm Brown reports on the Chancellor’s mini-budget. Kenneth Clarke’s decision to use duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol to balance the books has not gone down well with the industries involved and...
PM’s Question Time - Heated exchange in Commons (1994)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Extract from a Parliamentary Prime Minister’s Question Time debate involving Labour Party leader Tony Blair and Prime Minister John Major prior to the announcement by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke on his...
Chancellor’s mini-budget - Kenneth Clarke’s speech (1994)
- Genre
- Speech
Extracts from Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s speech to the House of Commons detailing the proposals of his mini-budget (08/12/94). He announces his decision to increase duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol....
Chancellor’s mini-budget - Reaction to speech (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton reports on Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s mini-budget (08/12/94). His decision to use duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol to balance the books has not gone down well...
Government’s defeat on VAT - Rhodes Boyson responds (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP, Sir Rhodes Boyson, about the Government’s defeat in the House of Commons (06/12/94) over the plan to impose a higher rate of VAT of 17.5 percent on domestic fuel. Boyson,...
Northern Line underground network upgrade - Reaction (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Brian Ging reports on an upgrading of London’s Northern Line underground rail network. Five hundred million pounds has put into new trains with the money being raised in an unusual way, with the builders...
UK Government to hold talks with Sinn Fein - PM’s announcement (1994)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons speech by Prime Minister John Major in which he confirms the Government is to hold talks with Ulster loyalists, in the wake of a first meeting with Sinn Fein. The PM told the House he hoped...
Knife attack at Birmingham department store (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Interview
Olivia MacLeod reports on a police investigation into a frenzied knife attack in Birmingham where a 30 year-old local man has been arrested in connection with the incident. About 15 people were slashed...