Roy Hattersley on Retail Price Index rise

Title

Roy Hattersley on Retail Price Index rise

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Jul 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:04:38

Description

Interview with former Secretary for Prices and Consumer Protection, Roy Hattersley, on the one percent rise in the Retail Price Index and anticipated further rise next month following the Budget VAT increase, and calling on the Government to return to the anti-inflationary policy of the previous Labour administration. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Roy Hattersley

Keywords

Budgets; Politics; Prices; Inflation; Cost of living; Economics; Economic policy; National budgets; Party politics; Value Added Tax; Counter-inflation policy; Price indexes

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