John Nott responds to 1978 Budget

Title

John Nott responds to 1978 Budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:47

Description

Interview with Conservative Trade Spokesman John Nott, in which he responds to the contents of Chancellor Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget (11/04/78). Despite welcoming tax reductions, he is critical of the public spending implications (although he dismisses spending on school milk as trivial). He says this is a dangerously inflationary budget. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Contributors

John Nott; Peter Murphy?

Keywords

Inflation; National budgets; Public expenditure; Income tax; Denis Healey; State budget; School milk

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