Geoffrey Howe’s budget

Title

Geoffrey Howe’s budget

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

11 Mar 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:20:33

Description

Report on the Budget including excerpts of Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Budget speech and reaction from Labour Party leader Michael Foot with commentary from Peter Spencer. Also reaction from: Secretary General of the Building Societies Association Norman Griggs; Philip Stein, Motor Agents Association; Director of Whitbread brewery, Tony (Anthony) Simonds-Gooding; Deputy Chairman of the Retail Consortium, Colin Paterson; General Manager of Public Affairs at Gallagher’s, Martin Mulholland(?); Chairman of the Wine and Spirits Association, Dennis(?) Webb; former CBI President Sir John Greenborough. Interviewers: Douglas Moffitt and Peter Allen. Male studio reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Greenborough; Geoffrey Howe; Peter Spencer; Peter Allen; Michael Foot; Douglas Moffitt; Anthony Simonds-Gooding; Norman Griggs; Martin Mulholland(?); Colin Paterson; Philip Stein; Dennis(?) Webb

Keywords

Budgets; Petroleum; Government; Wages; Prices; Inflation; Taxation; Cost reduction; Unemployment; Cars; Fiscal policy; Fuels; Economic systems; Interest rates; Economic recession; National budgets; Economic recovery; National economy; Wine; Breweries; Counter-inflation policy; Spirits; Motor transport; Economic theory; Money lending; Cigarettes

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