Commons debate on unemployment

Title

Commons debate on unemployment

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

13 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:01:04

Description

Excerpts from a House of Commons debate featuring Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock and Prime Minister John Major on the latest unemployment statistics. More than two point six million people are now out of work - the highest level in four years. Kinnock says the figures are devastating and the Government is to blame; John Major responds by saying that unemployment will only come down in the long term.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; John Major

Keywords

Government; Labour Party; Economics; UK; Great Britain; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Employment; Political parties; Parliamentary debates; Financial statistics; Economic statistics

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