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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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