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146 results found for '"Economy"' in Keywords.
Telecoms charges drops (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Gerald Kaufman explains the targets of drop in telecoms charges to the public of 5%. The Post Office aims to keep its charges down to the level of inflation to give the customer better value for...
Rolls Royce aviation (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
A speaker (possibly Eric Varley) states the advantages of the new Rolls Royce engine which the British will build for use in the aerospace industry, which could create many jobs and bring vast amounts of...
Terence Beckett on Ford strikes (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Sir Terence Beckett, Ford Chairman, explains the losses caused by the strikes at Ford, and the amount of money lost to the British economy. The unions removed security guards and fireman which left the...
Denis Healey on new jobs (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Chancellor Denis Healey in Glasgow on the economy being able to create 1,000,000 new jobs and need to improve industry productivity and develop new fields to do so.
Finance bill defeat (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Denis Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks about his concerns for the economy in the light of a government defeat on an amendment in the House of Commons. Geoffrey Howe had called for the government to...
Finance bill defeat (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe on the second Government defeat on an amendment to their finance bill in the House of Commons. He proposes that the top rates of income tax should be...
Sir Frank Marshall on his interim GLC report (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Frank Marshall on his interim report on the Greater London Council which concludes that the council is perceived as remote and spendthrift. Male interviewer not identified.
Denis Healey on economic policy (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chancellor Denis Healey about Government economic policy, unemployment and inflation, and about a possible General Election date. Interviewer not heard.
Margaret Thatcher attacks Government record (1978)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher, speaking in the House of Commons, attacks Prime Minister James Callaghan and his government’s record in office. Thatcher covers the Government’s pay policy, the...
Labour conference - Wage policy rift (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male union member on opposition to Prime Minister and party leader James Callaghan’s five percent wage policy following the vote to reject it at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool. He...