Row over LRT funding

Title

Row over LRT funding

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:07

Description

Interview with GLC Transport Committee Chairman Dave Wetzel on the GLC decision to take Transport Secretary Nicholas Ridley to court claiming he is robbing the ratepayers by asking for excessive funding from the GLC for London’s public transport (LRT). Male interviewer not identified. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Dave Wetzel

Keywords

London; Legal procedure; Local government; London Transport; GLC; Public transport; Councils; Local taxation; Local finance; Transport economics; Nicholas Ridley; LRT

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