Long-term unemployed rises

Title

Long-term unemployed rises

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

23 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Peter Russell reporting on exchanges between PM John Major and Labour Party leader John Smith at Prime Minister’s Question Time following the latest rise in the long term unemployed figure to over one million. Includes Major on government schemes to get them back into work. Smith holding the PM and Conservative government responsible for rising unemployment.

Contributors

John Major; John Smith; Peter Russell

Keywords

Labour Party; Conservative Party; Unemployment; Unemployed; Unemployment statistics

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