Chancellor says no tax cuts at Mansion House

Title

Chancellor says no tax cuts at Mansion House

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

16 Jun 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:32

Description

Marc de Leuw reports for the morning report on Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s speech (with excerpts) at the annual Mansion House dinner in which he states inflation will not rise and taxes will be cut when the Government can afford to do so; and speech afterwards by Governor of the Bank of England, Eddie George who says interest rates will have to go up eventually and comments on the economy. Also interview with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Michael Portillo following the speech and vox pop with other guests.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Michael Portillo; Marc De Leuw; Eddie George

Keywords

Inflation; Taxation; Economics; Economic policy; Interest rates; Economic recession; Economic forecasting

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