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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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