Conservative conference - Employment and economy

Title

Conservative conference - Employment and economy

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:38

Description

Richard Dallyn interviews Chancellor Nigel Lawson about the economy, unemployment, and the cost of the ongoing miners’ strike, after giving a speech to the Conservative Party conference in Brighton.

Contributors

Nigel Lawson; Richard Dallyn

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Wage policy; Taxation; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Unemployment; Employment; Fiscal policy; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Economic policy; Coal miners; Investment; Economic systems; Economic recovery; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Employment policy; Brighton; Strikes (events)

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