Commons debate on child benefit freeze

Title

Commons debate on child benefit freeze

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

26 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Des Fahy reports from Westminster on scenes in the Commons yesterday over the probable child benefits freeze for the second year, at Question Time, where Margaret Thatcher was refusing to speak about it. Includes speeches by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock who calls Thatcher a cheat for not raising it in line with inflation as promised in the manifesto; Dennis Skinner; Speaker; Timothy Raison; Gordon Brown, Labour Treasury spokesman; Margaret Thatcher; David Owen, SDP leader.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; David Owen; Neil Kinnock; Dennis Skinner; Timothy Raison; Des Fahy; Gordon Brown

Keywords

Politics; Social security; Margaret Thatcher; Political manifestos; Child Benefit

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