Geoffrey Howe budget speech

Title

Geoffrey Howe budget speech

Genre

Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

01:04:28

Description

Almost complete Budget speech by Chancellor Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons for the next year including proposing employee profit sharing, schemes to tackle high unemployment, changes to tax, mortgages and benefits and to help business; outlining economic policy; outlook for the world economy as it emerges from a recession. With voice of Deputy Speaker. Ends abruptly.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe

Keywords

Budgets; Wages; Prices; Inflation; Social security; Taxation; Unemployment; Employment; Council housing; Exchange rates; Economic policy; Workers participation; Employees; Economic systems; Oil; Economic recession; National budgets; Public expenditure; Developing countries; Economic forecasting; Currencies; Mortgages (loans); IMF; Home ownership; Employment creation; Profit sharing; Economic conditions; Competitiveness (business); International economic affairs; Internatinoal economic relations

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