John Prescott on unemployment

Title

John Prescott on unemployment

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

20 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:37

Description

Shadow Employment Secretary John Prescott talking to press about unemployment following latest statistics showing a supposed decrease. He claims the real figures, near to five million, are misrepresented due to political decisions. And on benefits changes. He says they will be major issues for Labour Party in election campaigns.

Contributors

John Prescott

Keywords

Social security; Unemployment; Poor; Unemployed; Employment policy; Unemployment statistics; Income support; Incapacity benefit

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.