General election Budget proposals

Title

General election Budget proposals

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

30 Mar 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Report on the Labour Party and Conservative Party producing lists of winners and losers in Labour’s alternative Budget, for the general election campaign. With comment from shadow Chancellor John Smith; shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Margaret Beckett; Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Maples. Also Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown on their economic policies. Peter Murphy reports from Westminster.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; John Smith; Paddy Ashdown; Margaret Beckett; John Maples

Keywords

Budgets; Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Taxation; Economics; Education; Conservative Party; Political parties; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; National budgets; Liberal Democrats; Income tax; General elections; Election campaigns

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