John Smith on state of the economy
- Title
- John Smith on state of the economy
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 25 Jan 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:02:02
- Description
- Shadow Chancellor John Smith’s first major Commons speech following a 4 month break due to a heart attack. Attacks Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s policy of high interest rates to bring down inflation which he says is crippling industry, and calls for credit control instead.
- Contributors
- John Smith
- Keywords
- Industry; Inflation; Taxation; Economics; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; Interest rates; Nigel Lawson
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