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419 results found for '"Local government"' in Keywords.

  • Pop festivals and their problems - Committee findings (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Pop festivals and the health and safety issues. Committee member on their report’s findings and recommendations including using a system of licensing but there is disagreement on how it would work. If a...

  • Richard Booth, King of Hay-on-Wye (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Richard Booth, Monarch Elect of Hay-on-Wye, discusses his village’s plans for the future, his castle, how he would rule, and the titles that he is selling off to the villagers. Since Hay is ruled by the...

  • Conservative local government conference (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Peter Gould reports on the Conservative Party Local Government Conference at Caxton Hall, central London. Willie Whitelaw discusses immigration, whilst Margaret Thatcher speculates on when the Labour...

  • GLC debate (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a debate at Greater London Council headquarters at County Hall. Includes speech by Conservative GLC member Richard Brew, about how London’s problems cannot be solved by just spending money,...

  • National Front meetings ban requested (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Hackney council representative Joe Noble has appealed to the National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO) to ban National Front meetings in public buildings. According to Mr Noble they practice...

  • Glyn Phillips on executive support for pay restraint (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview at the National and Local Government Association (NALGO) conference in Brighton, with union president, Glyn Phillips, on Chancellor Denis Healey’s call for further pay restraint for the local...

  • Bill Gill of NALGO against conference decision to support pay restraint (1978)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Bill Gill, NALGO representative, at the union’s annual conference in Brighton, on the executive decision to support the Government’s pay restraint package; future of wage negotiations; trade...

  • Inquiry on Greater London report (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Frank Marshall on his inquiry and report into governance in London. On the failures of the Greater London Council since it was set up, and his recommendations it should become a more strategic authority,...

  • Inquiry on Greater London report (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Liberal Ralph Bancroft attacking the Marshall Inquiry on Greater London for its failure to investigate the radical reforms required for London and its government. On the report having avoided the issues of...

  • Inquiry on Greater London report (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Leader of the Greater London Council Horace Cutler on the value of the Marshall Inquiry on Greater London in setting out the administration’s objectives, including acting as a strategic authority, and the...