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97 results found for '"City councils"' in Keywords.
Labour conference summary (1985)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report with music looking back at the 1985 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth with focus on leader Neil Kinnock’s keynote speech which attacked the left-wingers. Includes excerpts from speeches by...
Labour conference- Kinnock attacks left-wing (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Report on reaction to leader Neil Kinnock’s keynote speech on 03/10/85 at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth where he attacked the left-wing Liverpool City Council and Militant Tendency. Includes...
Hatton calls for Labour Party support in Liverpool City Council stand (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour deputy leader of Liverpool City Council and Militant tendency member Derek Hatton following a Militant rally at the Albert Hall. Hatton regrets statements made by Labour Party leader...
Kinnock on Labour Party and Militant (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on the decision not to exclude Militant supporters from party membership. Kinnock dissociates the national party from the activities of a minority of Labour...
Liverpool City Council climbdown over legal rate (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the climbdown by Labour-controlled Liverpool City Council in its battle with the Government over setting a legal rate (local tax), by reaching a settlement and lifting the threat of bankruptcy over...
Kinnock decision on Liverpool City Council (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Liverpool City Council committee member, welcoming the turnaround decision by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to hold an inquiry into the running of the Labour-controlled council. Confirms...
Decision makers (1985)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Decision Makers, presented by Richard Dallyn. Looking at the financial crisis of Militant-run Liverpool City Council, splits within Labour Party ranks, and antipathy towards the council’s Deputy Leader,...
Anniversary of Militant (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 20th anniversary of the formation of the left-wing Militant group within the UK Labour Party, its policies, and its influence in Liverpool. Includes interview with Terry Harrison and Richard...
Neil Kinnock rallying speech at Labour Party Conference (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s rallying speech at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. Includes excerpts of the speech in which Kinnock condemns the Thatcher years; on expelling eight...
Militants expelled from Labour Party (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male Labour Party member on the upholding by Conference in Blackpool the decision by the NEC to expel eight Liverpool Council militants from the Party. Also on the militants walking out of the...