Labour MP responds to 1978 Budget

Title

Labour MP responds to 1978 Budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Interview with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Joel Barnett in which he responds to the contents of Chancellor Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. Although, he says, there can be no quick fixes, this is a responsible budget. He criticises Margaret Thatcher’s implication that she would have made bigger cuts in income tax as irresponsible, and expresses the hope that she is never likely to be Prime Minister. The Government, he says, cannot do the work to move industry forward, but it can create the right environment. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Ed Boyle).

Contributors

Joel Barnett; Ed Boyle?

Keywords

Industry; Margaret Thatcher; National budgets; Public expenditure; Income tax; Denis Healey; State budget

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