GLC councillors suspended over housing association scandal

Title

GLC councillors suspended over housing association scandal

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Report on the reappearance at a GLC meeting of 2 Greater London Council (GLC) Conservative members suspended from duty for their involvement in the Strongbridge Housing Association scandal. GLC leader Ken Livingstone (Labour) and Conservative chief whip James Lemkin speak to a council meeting on the issue. Jo Andrews? reports.

Contributors

Ken Livingstone; Jo Andrews?; James Lemkin

Keywords

Politics; Fraud; Crime; Police; Conservative Party; GLC; Councils; Housing associations; Political corruption; Politicians; Political scandals; Strongbridge Housing Association; Harold Mote; Geoffrey Seaton; Andrew Arden

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