Thatcher in Birmingham on economy and wages

Title

Thatcher in Birmingham on economy and wages

Genre

Speech

TX Date

21 Apr 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:36

Description

Speech by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 21/04/80 at a meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce at the Metropole Hotel in Birmingham. She defends the Government’s monetarist economic policies and stresses the need for wage restraints in industry and good industrial relations.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104349

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Politics; Industry; Government; Wages; Labour relations; Leadership; Birmingham; Incomes policy; Economic policy; Economic recovery; Meetings; Economic conditions; Industrial policy; Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce

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