Defeat for Government on taxation

Title

Defeat for Government on taxation

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

9 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:55

Description

Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton looks back at the past few days in Parliament and the unveiling of Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s mini-budget following a defeat for the Government over its plans to raise VAT on fuel. Includes contributions from Michael Heseltine MP; Tommy Graham MP; Kenneth Clarke; Sir Andrew Bowden MP; Gordon Brown, Shadow Chancellor; Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrat economics spokesman; Betty Boothroyd, Speaker. Also includes cheering on the unveiling of the VAT vote.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine; Kenneth Clarke; Betty Boothroyd; Max Cotton; Gordon Brown; Malcolm Bruce; Andrew Bowden; Tommy Graham

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Government; Taxation; Parliament; Conservative Party; House of Commons; Care for the elderly; Value Added Tax; Kenneth Clarke

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