Police wage claims

Title

Police wage claims

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Oct 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:12

Description

Report by Peter Spencer on a speech by Merlyn Rees, UK Home Secretary, to the London Metropolitan Police on crime and police pay claims. Urges police not to strike. Hostile reception by police at the meeting (shouting). Also speech by Metropolitan Commissioner David McNee appealing not to strike and saying they are a special case for wages.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees; Peter Spencer; David McNee

Keywords

London; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Wage policy; Crime; Police; Metropolitan Police; Merlyn Rees; Meetings; Crime statistics

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