Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop

TX Date

14 Mar 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:24:25

Description

Decision Makers - Private Enterprise for Rubbish Collection, presented by Richard Bath. The issues are examined including savings to councils, cleansing standards, redundancies and general pros and cons of privatisation. Vox pop with local residents in Wandsworth. Speaking are: David Evans who provides a rubbish collection service; George Jones, Professor of Government at LSE; Ian Scott, NUPE spokesman in Wandsworth; Christopher Chope, Tory leader of Wandsworth council who called in cleaning firm Pritchards; Peter Bonner, leader of the Labour council for Stockton on Tees; trade union researcher Bill Callaghan. Audio is intermittent 10 minutes into programme. Engineer Colin Clements, researcher Martha Kearney.

Contributors

Richard Bath; Ian Scott; Colin Clements; Martha Kearney; George Jones; David Evans; Christopher Chope; Peter Bonner; Bill Callaghan

Keywords

Local authorities; TUC; Labour relations; NUPE; Refuse collection; Wandsworth; Wandsworth Council; Stockton on Tees Council; Privitization; Redundancies

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