Chancellor Lawson speaks to directors

Title

Chancellor Lawson speaks to directors

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

16 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:55

Description

Deputy financial editor Robin Amlot reports on a speech by Chancellor Nigel Lawson at the Institute of Directors annual dinner last night (excerpts heard) in the context of fears of a rise in interest rates. Speech covered praise for UK PM Margaret Thatcher (although his daughter Nigella has been critical of Thatcher in the media); centralisation of EC budgets, on the day of the European Parliament elections; capitalism and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s warming to it.

Contributors

Nigel Lawson; Robin Amlot

Keywords

Budgets; Elections; Reports; Inflation; Margaret Thatcher; Economics; European Parliament; Exchange rates; Economic systems; Capitalism; Interest rates; Europe; Neil Kinnock; Nigella Lawson

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