Splat the VAT demonstration

Title

Splat the VAT demonstration

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:52

Description

Report on a demonstration by elderly pensioners in Westminster about rising fuel costs due to VAT on domestic heating bills. Splat the Vat is chanted throughout the report. Speakers are Leader of the National Pensioners Convention Jack Thane and Labour Party leader Jon Smith. David Kermode reports. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

John Smith; David Kermode; Jack Thane

Keywords

Social security; Taxation; Elderly; Fuels; Energy consumption; Value Added Tax; Pensioners (older people); Pensioners welfare; Drivetime (radio programme); Income support

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