Budget broadcast by Chancellor Geoffrey Howe

Title

Budget broadcast by Chancellor Geoffrey Howe

Genre

Speech; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:21

Description

Television broadcast by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, on his first Budget. On encouraging the effort and enterprise of individuals to create the nation’s prosperity, with strict economy and control of government borrowing and spending. Howe warning that people cannot expect higher pay without higher production.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe

Keywords

Budgets; Government; Wages; Economics; Conservative Party; Economic policy; National budgets; Government spending; Labour productivity

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