Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:11:02

Description

Decision Makers, presented by Des Fahy. Part 1 of issue on pension reform. Report on the background of the existing State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS). Labour spokesman for Health and Social Security, Michael Meacher and Chairman Elect of the National Association of Pension Funds, Colin Lever, comment. Parliamentary debate between Labour leader Neil Kinnock and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. In the House of Commons, Secretary of State for Social Security, Norman Fowler, proposes reform. Interview with backbench MP Sir Brandon Rhys Williams summarises the underlying problem with the SERPS scheme in that it leaves an unfair burden of debt on the youth and future workforce. Studio Engineer is Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Margaret Thatcher; Brandon Rhys Williams; Neil Kinnock; Michael Meacher; Dave Dawson; Des Fahy; Colin Lever

Keywords

Labour Party; Social security; Conservative Party; Pensions; National insurance; Social welfare; Social policy and welfare; Welfare reform; Private pensions; SERPS (State Earnings Related Pension Scheme); Contributory pensions

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