Labour opposition to Geoffrey Howe’s first budget
- Title
- Labour opposition to Geoffrey Howe’s first budget
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:03:12
- Description
- Report on Labour Party opposition in the Commons to Chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget, in particular economic policies and increasing VAT. Speaking are former Chancellor, Denis Healey; Social Services Secretary, Patrick Jenkin. Peter Spencer reports. Audio quality varies (sound shaky in places).
- Contributors
- Peter Spencer; Patrick Jenkin; Denis Healey
- Keywords
- Budgets; Labour Party; Prices; Inflation; Taxation; Conservative Party; Economic policy; Geoffrey Howe; National budgets; Value Added Tax
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