Response to 1978 Budget

Title

Response to 1978 Budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Unidentified male speaker (possibly Frank Field of the Poverty Action Group?) responds to Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. He praises it as being the first of Healey’s children’s budgets, with the low-paid also benefiting. Altogether, he says, it is a crucial budget for poor families. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Frank Field?

Keywords

Social security; Children; National budgets; Poor; Denis Healey; State budget; Child Benefit; Family allowances

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