Labour conference - economics debate

Title

Labour conference - economics debate

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

3 Oct 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:52

Description

Report on the Labour Party conference, 1977 and debates on economics; speeches by Bob Wylie; Hugh Scanlon of the engineers union calling for tax cuts and free collective bargaining; Chancellor Denis Healey emphasising need for pay restraint and calling for unity in the party to face the Tories; Neil Kinnock asking Chancellor for action to fight the election with. Male reporter not identified (poss. Ed Boyle).

Contributors

Denis Healey; Neil Kinnock; Hugh Scanlon; Bob Wylie; Ed Boyle?

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Trade unions; Labour Party; Wages; Wage policy; Taxation; Economics; Political conferences; Political parties; Collective bargaining

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