Reaction to Lamont’s budget

Title

Reaction to Lamont’s budget

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on the contents and reaction to Chancellor Norman Lamont’s budget with increases in taxes and VAT. Includes Lamont defending his budget; reaction from shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Alan Beith; Treasury minister Stephen Dorrell explains the rise in VAT and taxes on fuel, which he claims will help the environment; advisor Andrew Britton and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard on help for the unemployed in the budget; member of the Conservative Party finance committee John Townend claims Lamont is still popular. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Norman Lamont; John Townend; Alan Beith; Gordon Brown; Gillian Shephard; Stephen Dorrell; Kevin Murphy; Andrew Britton

Keywords

Budgets; Taxation; Economics; Unemployment; Fuels; National budgets; Environment; Unemployed; Value Added Tax

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