Kenneth Clarke on becoming Education Secretary
- Title
- Kenneth Clarke on becoming Education Secretary
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 3 Nov 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:46
- Description
- Kenneth Clarke on his new post of Education Secretary following a cabinet re-shuffle by Margaret Thatcher after the surprise resignation of Deputy PM Geoffrey Howe. Denies remarks by Labour’s Jack Straw that he decimated the NHS during his period as Health Minister. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Kenneth Clarke
- Keywords
- Politics; Education; Conservative Party; NHS; Geoffrey Howe; Cabinet ministers; Educational standards; Resignation (political); Jack Straw; Educational reform; Political appointments
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