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  1. Tories attack Labour over local taxes (1990)

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    News report; Speech

    Elena Curti reports on the Conservative Party efforts to minimise losses to the Labour Party in the local elections by claiming Tory-run councils are charging lower poll tax (community charge). Includes...

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  2. Parliament on Gulf war and poll tax (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Report on Parliamentary debate covering British casualties in the Gulf war and its end, and the poll tax (community charge) which is to be reviewed with some Labour MPs refusing to pay. With Commons speeches...

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  3. Lib Dems win Ribble Valley in poll tax protest (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    The Liberal Democrats have won the Ribble Valley by-election in what was considered a safe Conservative Party seat, as voters made a protest against the poll tax (community charge). Includes Michael Carr’s...

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  4. Local elections campaigns focus on poll tax (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on debate on the main item of contention in the upcoming local elections, the poll tax (community charge) and what will replace it. Speakers are: Environment Secretary...

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  5. Chris Patten on Labour and Tory rebels (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Political correspondent Paul Rowley interviews Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten on the Labour Party’s new policy document Opportunity Britain, their attempts to unsettle the party and if there is a...

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  6. Chris Patten looking forward to next election (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative Party Chairman, Chris Patten on the Tory majority in the run-up to the General Election. He discusses the recovery of the economy and the scrapping of the Poll Tax. Male interviewer not identified.

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  7. Thatcher to stand down as MP (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Conservative Party Chairman Chris Patten reads a statement at the Tory women’s conference in Westminster, London, written by Margaret Thatcher announcing she will not be standing at the next election for...

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  8. Patten reads announcement that Thatcher to stand down as MP (1991)

    Genre
    Speech

    Chris Patten, Conservative Party Chairman, reads an announcement to the Conservative Women’s conference informing delegates that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is to leave the House of Commons,...

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  9. Labour victory predicted at Walton by-election (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Graham White reports from Liverpool on the forthcoming Walton by-election where the Labour Party is set to win a substantial victory, a triumph for leader Neil Kinnock’s hard line against local members of...

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  10. Archbishop of Canterbury links rioting and social deprivation (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Following riots in the North East of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, claimed that social deprivation was the cause of social unrest. Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten says the...

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