Unemployment rises again

Title

Unemployment rises again

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

21 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Des Fahy reports on Prime Ministers Question Time following the latest unemployment figures showing a rise with the total now just under 3 million and the Employment Select Committee report criticising the government’s handling of pit closures. Commons speeches by PM John Major defending their economic policy and criticising Labour proposals to impose a windfall tax on privatized utilities; Labour Party leader John Smith questioning the government’s concern over job losses and calling on Major to make unemployment a priority.

Contributors

John Major; John Smith; Des Fahy

Keywords

Reports; Labour Party; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Economic policy; Employment policy; Unemployment statistics; Economic statistics; Mine closures

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