Reaction to Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget

Title

Reaction to Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:01:41

Description

Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities (AMA), Tag Taylor, on facing public expenditure cuts as a result of Chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget. On having to reduce the wages and salaries bill by making redundancies across the local government sector, notably in education. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Tag Taylor

Keywords

Budgets; Local authorities; Local government; Government; Cost reduction; Education; Conservative Party; Geoffrey Howe; National budgets; Public expenditure; AMA; Local finance; Redundancies

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