Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

4 Dec 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:23:43

Description

Decision Makers. Public Spending, presented by Terry Dignan. How restrictions on public spending have affected those who use and work in public services including the NHS and British Rail, and what the electorate think of spending cuts. Speaks to Julian Leth, psychiatrist, on services for the mentally ill; Tony Smythe of the National Association of Community Health Councils; Teddy Taylor MP on the burden of the ageing population; Michael Bienstock(?) of the City University Business School; Len Domilo(?), Central Transport Consultative Committee; Bob Wooster of MORI; Gavin Davis, economist. Excerpts of House of Commons speeches by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, on spending cuts and privitisation, and Norman Fowler, on the NHS. Engineer: Dave Dawson.

Contributors

Norman Fowler; Dave Dawson; Gavin Davis; Terry Dignan; Nigel Lawson; Teddy Taylor; Bob Wooster; Julian Leth(?); Tony Smythe; Michael Bienstock(?); Len Domilo(?)

Keywords

Social security; Health services; Cost reduction; British Rail; NHS; Public services; Privatization; Social services; Economic policy; Social policy; Mental diseases; Public expenditure; Government spending; Ageing population

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