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Denis Healey on spending cuts (1976)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by UK Chancellor, Denis Healey about public spending cuts following a Government request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Lord Butler on Suez crisis (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Tucker interviews Lord Butler (Richard Austen Butler, otherwise known as Rab Butler) of Saffron Walden about the Suez Crisis in 1956, the actions of Anthony Eden and involvement of the USA. Butler was...
Alick Buchanan-Smith resigns over devolution bill (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Alick Buchanan-Smith, shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, about his decision to resign from the shadow cabinet following the Conservative Party’s decision to reject the Government’s...
Syd Bidwell on race relations (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Tucker interviews Southall MP Sydney Bidwell, about his new book on race relations, entitled Red, White and Black, and on new legislation aimed at improving race relations including the setting up of...
Tony Benn on bank nationalisation (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Secretary of State for Energy, Tony Benn, about the proposals for nationalisation of UK banks and insurance companies, in order to direct investment towards industry. Male interviewer not...
Disorderly conduct in the House of Commons (1976)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Ed Boyle and Peter Allen report on a particularly disorderly sitting of the House of Commons (27/05/76). With contributions from Conservative Michael Heseltine, Scottish nationalist Winnie Ewing, and Liberal...
Empty houses squatted (1976)
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- Interview
Arabella Churchill, granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, interviewed in the London squat where she has set up a non-profit-making restaurant and community meeting-place. She points out that the house,...
Jim Sillars on withdrawal from the Labour whip (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Jim Sillars MP, on why he and John Robertson MP will no longer take the Labour whip. Angry about unemployment figures and public expenditure cuts, he says we now have a Tory Labour government. Male...
Reg Prentice on ending TGWU sponsorship (1976)
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- Interview
Labour MP Reg Prentice, on his resignation of his sponsorship of the trade union, TGWU. He says the affiliation system is out of date, as is the relationship between the unions and the Labour Party. Male...
Reginald Maudling on sacking from shadow cabinet (1976)
- Genre
- Interview
Ex-Shadow Foreign Secretary, Reginald Maudling with Llew Gardner on Thames Television’s Today programme, after his sacking (19/11/76) from Margaret Thatcher’s shadow cabinet; also on his association with...