Geoffrey Howe gives mini budget

Title

Geoffrey Howe gives mini budget

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

3 Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:20

Description

Report on the mini Budget announced by Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe. Includes excerpts from his Budget speech at the House of Commons. Also comment from: TUC Chairman Alan Sapper; shadow Chancellor, Peter Shore; Conservative MP Richard Alexander; CBI economics director, Dermot Glynn; Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, Jack Smart. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Peter Shore; Alan Sapper; Jack Smart; Richard Alexander

Keywords

Budgets; Taxation; Unemployment; Pensions; Rent; Economic systems; Economic recession; National budgets; Drug prescriptions

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