Michael Heseltine on rail privatisation

Title

Michael Heseltine on rail privatisation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Feb 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:13

Description

Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, speaking on the BBC in the wake of ticket fraud allegations on the London-Tilbury-Southend rail service in the run-up to rail privatisation, says that now irregularities have been identified, they can be investigated in an orderly way - that is a triumph of the system.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine

Keywords

Government; Fraud; Conservative Party; Railways; London Underground; Privatization; Tickets; LTS; Enterprise Rail Ltd

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