Denis Healey on 1978 14 percent pay increase

Title

Denis Healey on 1978 14 percent pay increase

Genre

Speech

TX Date

20 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:41

Description

Chancellor Denis Healey speech on the 14 percent pay increase awarded in 1978. Healey says it is easy to criticise the policy with hindsight and argues it helped reduce inflation.

Contributors

Denis Healey

Keywords

Government; Wages; Inflation; Wage policy; Economics; Economic systems; Public expenditure; Workers; Counter-inflation policy

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