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86 results found for '"Central government"' in Keywords.
Rate-capping legislation announced (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on laws proposed by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine to control the rates charged by local councils (rate capping) at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, and concern over...
Tony Benn fears coalition government (1981)
- Genre
- Speech; News report
Report on a speech by Labour MP Tony Benn at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Perth (with excerpts) about how he believes there is a campaign to get Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher out of power and...
Chapman Pincher on 1946 plans for attack on Russia (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with author Chapman Pincher about a report from 1946 by the Ministry of Defence which outlined a plan for a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Male interviewer not identified.
GLC civil defence policy at odds with government (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with campaigning journalist and advisor to the Greater London Council, Duncan Campbell, on the GLC’s civil defence policy in the advent of a nuclear attack, in opposition to that of the...
Court battle over council house sales (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on a court battle between the Conservative Government and Labour controlled Norwich City Council over the sale of council houses and on implications for Labour opposition to the new laws. Lord...
GLC civil defence policy at odds with government (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Maurice interviews GLC leader Ken Livingstone about the planning of a new civil defence policy in the advent of a nuclear attack, in opposition to that of the Conservative Government.
GLC civil defence policy defies government (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Simon Turney, GLC’s Public Service Committee Chairman, about ignoring official Government directives on civil defence in case of nuclear war. Female interviewer not identified.
GLC challenge over London development plan update (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a GLC spokesman confirming the council is taking legal advice over the Conservative Government’s refusal to allow it to update the 1960s Greater London Development Plan, as the first stage...
London Labour Party withdraw from London Boroughs Association (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the Conservative-controlled London Boroughs Association (LBA) and the London Labour Party’s vote at their conference to withdraw from it as they believe it no longer speaks for London. Follows...
Andrew McIntosh on GLC (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Lord Andrew McIntosh following his resignation from the Greater London Council to take up his seat in the House of Lords. On plans to abolish the GLC; his forced replacement as Labour Party...