Abolishing poll tax
- Title
- Abolishing poll tax
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1991
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- Duration
- 00:02:59
- Description
- Des Fahy reports for LBC Newstalk on the Commons debate over legislation to abolish the poll tax (community charge), including the govenment’s refusal to apologise for the scheme, and on the replacement council tax which is to be introduced in 1993. Includes Commons speeches by shadow Environment Secretary Bryan Gould; Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine; and Liberal Democrat local government spokesman David Bellotti.
- Contributors
- Michael Heseltine; Des Fahy; Bryan Gould; David Bellotti; LBC Newstalk
- Keywords
- Local government; Fiscal policy; Community charge; Government policy; Local taxation; Local finance
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