Spring budget reaction

Title

Spring budget reaction

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Mar 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:29

Description

Report on political reaction to the contents of Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe’s 1983 Spring Budget and particularly its effect on current high unemployment. The interviewees are: Jack Straw MP; Richard Wainwright MP; Eric Varley, Labour employment spokesman; Leon Brittan, Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Reg Freeson, Labour housing spokesman. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy).

Contributors

Eric Varley; Jack Straw; Richard Wainwright; Leon Brittan; Peter Murphy?; Reg Freeson

Keywords

Budgets; Economics; Unemployment; Geoffrey Howe; Employment statistics; Unemployed people; Cabinets ministers

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