Geoffrey Howe mini-budget

Title

Geoffrey Howe mini-budget

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:04:07

Description

Peter Spencer reports on the contents of a so-called Government mini-Budget revealed by Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe. Includes excerpt from Howe’s Budget statement and response from shadow Chancellor Denis Healey and Conservative MP Nicholas Winterton.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; Denis Healey; Nicholas Winterton

Keywords

Budgets; Government; Taxation; Unemployment; Fiscal policy; Economic policy; Employees; Interest rates; Public expenditure; Unemployed; National insurance

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