Labour budget proposals on unemployment

Title

Labour budget proposals on unemployment

Genre

News report; Press conference; Speech

TX Date

19 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:53

Description

Des Fahy reports on the Labour Party budget proposals which will focus on reducing unemployment. Leader John Smith sets out the broad measures proposed at a press conference with Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown on the necessary funding, including imposing a windfall tax on the privatized public utilities, and on programmes for investment in industry, reskilling and modernisation.

Contributors

John Smith; Des Fahy; Gordon Brown

Keywords

Budgets; Labour Party; Unemployment; Employment; Finance; Economic recession

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