MOD budget cutbacks

Title

MOD budget cutbacks

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

19 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:04:12

Description

Report on the Ministry of Defence making cutbacks after it claimed inflation has reduced its budget by £600 million and due to the thawing of the Cold War, with discussions on the issue in a 2 day debate on defence. Commons speeches by Defence Secretary Tom King; shadow Defence Secretary Martin O’Neill; Chairman of the Commons Select Committee on Defence Michael Mates; Labour MP Tony Benn; Defence Minister Alan Clark; Labour MP Dr John Gilbert. Havovi Todd reports.

Contributors

Tony Benn; Tom King; Michael Mates; John Gilbert; Martin O’Neill; Havovi Todd; Alan Clark (MP)

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Inflation; Cost reduction; Defence; Military personnel; Ministry of Defence; Redundancies

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