Geoffrey Howe’s response to 1978 Budget

Title

Geoffrey Howe’s response to 1978 Budget

Genre

Speech

TX Date

12 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. His speech is broadly critical, observing that the introduction of the reduced rate band is far less useful than the raising of thresholds across the board would have been. The Budget, he concludes, is hostile to enterprise, skill, jobs and prosperity.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe

Keywords

National budgets; Income tax; Denis Healey; State budget

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