Benefits payment changes to affect post offices

Title

Benefits payment changes to affect post offices

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Report on a Government plan to make benefits payments directly into bank accounts possibly leading to closure of 5000 sub post offices. With Commons speeches on the issue by: Social Security Secretary Peter Lilly; shadow Social Security Secretary Donald Dewar; Liberal Democrat MP for Newbury David Rendel (maiden speech). Paul Rowley reports from Westminster.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; Donald Dewar; Peter Lilley; David Rendel

Keywords

Politics; Government; Post offices; Social security; Social services; Rural communities

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