BR announces losses - John Prescott reaction

Title

BR announces losses - John Prescott reaction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Jul 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:49

Description

Peter Russell interviews Labour’s transport spokesman, John Prescott, following British Rail losses of nearly one hundred and fifty million pounds in 1991. That compares with less than eleven million pounds the previous year. Prescott says the Government must bear some responsibility for cutting investment subsidies.

Contributors

John Prescott; Peter Russell

Keywords

Budgets; Government; Labour Party; British Rail; Public transport; Railway transport; Finance; Railway management; Fares

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