Leak on social security cuts

Title

Leak on social security cuts

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

8 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:10:42

Description

News reports and studio interview following the leaking of a letter by Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley to Chief Secretary to the Treasury William Waldegrave which suggests the government may be planning to cut the social security budget to finance tax cuts. Robert Allen report including interviews with shadow Social Security Secretary Chris Smith; Lilley; Policy Officer for the National Council for One Parent Families Sue Monk. Brian Ging canvassing opinion of claimants outside a Hammersmith Job Centre on possible cuts in housing benefit to the under 25s and payments to single parents. Interview with Director of the Unemployment Unit lobby group Paul Convery. Female studio reporter not identified.

Contributors

Chris Smith; Brian Ging; Robert Allen; Paul Convery; Peter Lilley; Sue Monk

Keywords

Budgets; Wages; Social security; Taxation; Unemployment; Single parents; Housing benefit; William Waldegrave; Peter Lilley; One parent families; Social welfare

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