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Michael Heseltine on Labour Party expenditure (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Heseltine, Environment Secretary, expresses his concern that the Labour policy of high spending will discourage investment and industry. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).
Islington defections to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rodney Bennett reports following the victory of SDP candidate Kevin O’Keefe in an Islington Borough Council by-election, preceded by the defection of 16 councillors and local MP Michael O’Halloran from...
Islington defections to SDP (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Davey interviews Islington borough councillor and ILEA representative Cecelia McAskill on her decision, along with up to 17 other councillors, to defect from the Labour Party to the SDP, in view of the...
Abolition of Fares Fair - Michael Foot speech (1982)
- Genre
- Speech
Labour Party leader Michael Foot pledges his support for the Greater London Council (GLC), and defends its Fare Fair policy on London Transport.
Abolition of Fares Fair - Ken Livingstone on rates (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone on an increase in local rates following the Law Lords’ decision to abolish the GLC’s Fare Fair scheme on London Transport.
Ken Livingstone on GLC budget (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone on a meeting of the GLC Finance Committee which proposed a fifty percent rise in the council’s budget. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).
Abolition of Fares Fair - Criticism of rates increase (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified (Conservative?) male speaker on the Law Lords’ decision to abolish the Greater London Council’s Fares Fair scheme on London Transport, and the GLC’s use of public money to fund its...
Abolition of Fares Fair - Lords ruling (1982)
- Genre
- News report
Report on a rise in London Transport fares following the Law Lords’ decision to abolish the Greater London Council’s Fares Fair scheme. Includes interviews with GLC transport chairman Dave Wetzel; Stuart...
Bristol rates dispute (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Report on a rates (local taxes) dispute with Woodspring Council in Bristol involving Eileen and Alistair Munro from Portishead, leading to the imprisonment and hunger strike of Alistair Munro in Horsfield...
Review of the year 1982 in London local government (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Review of the year (1982) in London local government. Topics include London Transport fares; London being declared a nuclear-free zone; terrorism. With contributions from GLC leader Ken Livingstone; former...