David Hunt defends poll tax

Title

David Hunt defends poll tax

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:15

Description

Local Government Minister David Hunt defends the Conservative Government’s poll tax (community charge) despite its unpopularity, which has caused an 18 point lead in the polls for the Labour Party and says Labour tax policy would be worse. Interviewer is Simon Bowden.

Contributors

David Hunt; Simon Bowden

Keywords

Politics; Local government; Government; Labour Party; Inflation; Economics; Political protests; Public opinion; Conservative Party; Political parties; Fiscal policy; Party politics; Community charge; Public opinion polls; Local taxation

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