Tories lose VAT on fuel vote

Title

Tories lose VAT on fuel vote

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Max Cotton speaks to Tory rebel MPs as they emerge from Westminster following the Conservative Government losing the vote to raise VAT on fuel to 17.5 percent, leaving a large hole in Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s Budget. Several of the MPs had the whip withdrawn last week for voting against the EC (Finance) Bill. Comments from Richard Shepherd, Michael Cartiss, Nicholas Winterton, James Cran, Keith Hampson. Some background noise.

Contributors

Nicholas Winterton; Keith Hampson; Max Cotton; James Cran; Richard Shepherd; Michael Cartiss

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Conservative Party; Fuels; National budgets; Value Added Tax; John Major; Kenneth Clarke

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