John Methven on Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget
- Title
- John Methven on Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:03:11
- Description
- Director-General of the CBI, Sir John Methven, on Chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget being what managers had asked for. Methven supporting tax cuts as an incentive, arguing against trade union pay claims without increased productivity, warning of the dangers to industry of cutting public expenditure. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- John Methven
- Keywords
- Budgets; Trade unions; Industry; Wages; Wage policy; Taxation; Monetary policy; CBI; Business; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; Geoffrey Howe; National budgets; Public expenditure; Labour productivity
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