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41 results found for '"Margaret Beckett"' in Contributors.
Lamont in 2 scandals (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
There have been calls for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont after it emerged he used taxpayers’ money to pay legal bills in a court fight to evict his tenant sex therapist Sara Dale and he is...
Labour conference-closing speeches (1993)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Paul Rowley wraps up as the Labour Party conference comes to an end in Brighton â with traditional singing of the Red Flag and Auld Lang Syne (heard). Leader John Smith has emerged in a stronger...
Margaret Beckett on political donations (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Deputy Labour leader Margaret Beckett about her demand for a strict code of conduct for all payments and donations to political parties and to ensure they are recorded.
Funding of political parties (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate on the funding of political parties, following the disclosure that fugitive Asil Nadir donated money that may have been stolen to the Conservative Party. Speakers are Labour...
Conservative Party’s financial ties with Saudi Arabia (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on controversial donations or financial aid of 7 million pounds made to the Conservative Party before it came to power by Saudi Arabian Prince, Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. Speakers are UK Prime...
Margaret Beckett on repayment of donation to Labour Party (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour deputy leader Margaret Beckett on the Party’s repayment of an eleven thousand-pound donation from Charilaos Costa, a Greek-Cypriot businessman at the centre of a fraud investigation. Interviewer...
Tory welfare spending cuts and Major visit to West Country (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on Prime Minister John Major’s announcement of cuts in welfare spending (with Major’s announcement); Exeter councillor Dr Adrian Rogers and Chairman of the...
Margaret Beckett on national insurance legislation (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with deputy Labour leader Margaret Beckett, who discusses the Conservative Government’s plans to rush through contentious legislation on national insurance and sick pay before Christmas. Male...
Patients refused treatment because of age (1994)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; News report
Des Fahy reports on a Commons debate after Prime Minister John Major accuses Labour Party deputy leader Margaret Beckett of lying about reports of patients being refused hospital treatment because of their...
Margaret Becket on Labour success in local elections (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Margaret Beckett speaking from the Westminster studio on the results of the local elections that saw Labour having much success across the country. And forecasting for...