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Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget

Title
Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget
Genre
Speech
TX Date
12 Apr 1978
Year of production
1978
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Duration
00:01:21
Description
Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. She observes that under his stewardship, the country’s output has not increased for 4 years; he has presided over the biggest increase in employment and the peak inflation of the post-war period. She also remarks that the housewife does not see inflation in the same way as Mr Healey does.
Contributors
Margaret Thatcher
Keywords
Inflation; Unemployment; National budgets; Denis Healey; State budget

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