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Subjects include: the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex]; the miners’ strike; a tribute to Indira Gandhi, Oct 84; the Fabian Society; policies for the disabled; economic policy.

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Subjects include: the Government’s decision to bar Civil Servants at GCHQ from being union members; local government; the Low Pay campaign; the Budget; the Commonwealth.

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Includes: NK’s speech for the Scottish Miners’ gala, on miners dismissed following the miners’ strike; NK’s speech at a Socialist International conference on nuclear disarmament; NK’s speech for the launch of the joint Labour Party and Trades Union Congress economic and social policy document, "A New Partnership, A New Britain". Other subjects include: world poverty; South Africa; the 40th anniversary of the United Nations; reform of the world trading and financial system.

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Includes: speech for the launch of Labour’s Agenda for Women; speech to the Northampton rally; speech for the launch of Labour’s General Election manifesto; speech to the Welsh Party Conference, Llandudno; speech to the Welsh Trades Union Congress. Other subjects include: lessons from the Japanese economic experience; themes for the election; economic and industrial policy; Labour’s Policy Review, particularly relating to defence and nuclear disarmament; unemployment.

Scope and Contents Includes: lists of speeches, 1988, and international meetings and conferences, 1983-88; speech to the Local Government conference, Edinburgh [Scotland]; speech for the launch of a campaign for women; speech to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) on the Education Bill; speech for the launch of the 1992 European Parliament campaign; speeches on NK’s visit to the Middle East; response to the Budget. Other subjects include: the National Health Service; the privatisation of national assets; the...

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Includes: speech timetable, Mar-June; speech for the Scottish Party conference; response to the Budget; speech for the Birmingham rally opening the local and European election campaign; speech for the Vale of Glamorgan by-election [Wales]; speech for the centenary of the GMB. Other subjects include: gay rights; the Policy Review; the National Docks Labour scheme; the economy.

Scope and Contents Includes: speech to the Durham Miners’ gala; speech to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities conference, Birmingham, on local government; Party conference speech; response to the resignation of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer; speech to the Institute of Personnel Management on the state of the economy; speech to the Trades Union Congress; speech to the German Social Democratic Party on the future of Europe. Other subjects include: transport strategy for the south of...

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Includes: speech to the World Economic Forum on inflation and the balance of trade deficit; speech for the launch of the local election campaign; speech for a Poll Tax press conference; speech for a meeting with local businessmen; statement on the European Council summit, Dublin [Ireland].

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Includes: speech to a NATO meeting on international security, particularly relating to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; speech for a debate on the Gulf War; lecture in Manchester on taxation and public spending; speech for a local government conference; response to the Budget; lecture on "Building out of Recession"; a speech for a Motion on the Poll Tax. Other subjects include: cuts to the National Health Service.

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Includes: speech for the launch of Labour’s arts policy document; speech to West Midlands Confederation of British Industry on the economic challenges of the 1990s [see also KNNK 26/2/174]; Party Conference speeches; speech for a rally in Birmingham, particularly on the National Health Service; speech for the launch of the sports charter; speech for a dinner in honour of Dick Spring [leader of the Irish Labour Party]; speech for the Queen’s Speech debate.

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Includes: speech for policy launch on the economy; speech for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) dinner, on the film and television industry; speech to the local government conference; speeches for policy launches on women, education and health. Other subjects include: policy towards the Soviet Union; development in the North West; modernising schools.

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Mainly material on the 1992 Budget, including print outs from the Labour database of Conservative quotes, a lecture by NK in Manchester on economic policy for the short and long term and speech for the launch of the "My land, your land" magazine. Other subjects include: health spending; the decline in manufacturing; public sector pay.

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Includes: speech to the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce annual dinner; speeches at Arthur Andersen on the state of the economy [see also KNNK 19/2/137]; speech to the Association of British Chambers of Commerce; speech to the Institute of Historical Research on reforming the Labour Party, 1983-92. Other subjects include: the continued modernisation of Labour.

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Papers including: rough notes by LSA on the balance of sterling; memoranda by LSA on the sterling problem and dealing with sterling balances, with comments by Sir Cecil Kisch [Deputy Under-Secretary of State for India].

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Final draft of paper on failed Conservative economic policies.

Scope and Contents Cabinet Paper with introduction by WSC on the impact of the return to the Gold Standard. Includes analysis by the heads of the banks - Sir Felix Schuster, Director of the National Provincial Bank, Walter Leaf, Chairman of Westminster Bank, Frederick Goodenough, Chairman of Barclays' Bank, Reginald McKenna, Chairman of Midland Bank, John Pease [later 1st Lord Wardington], Chairman of Lloyd's Bank- and Gustav Cassel, of the University of Stockholm [Sweden]. Issues covered include the impact on...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (7 May, The Hague [The Netherlands]) at the Congress of Europe entitled "The grand design" including: the progress of European integration and support from the United States for the Marshall Plan; the origins of European unity and the “Grand Design” of King Henry IV of France; the importance of “forgetting the hatreds of the past”, of mutual economic and military aid, closer political unity and maintaining progress; the speech he made at Zurich [entitled "The...

Scope and Contents Annotated papers, including: a print of notes exchanged between Sir John Simon [Foreign Secretary] and Leopold von Hoesch [German Ambassador to Britain] on commercial relations; issues of Hansard, including debates on trade agreements, the German agreement in particular, and also most-favoured-nation clauses; prints of the Anglo-German Exchange Agreements relating to commercial payments; print of an exchange of notes between Sean Lemass, Irish Minister for Industry and Commerce, and H R...

Scope and Contents Annotated prints of trade agreements with countries including: Argentina; Australia and Belgium; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Italy; India and Japan; Latvia; Lithuania; the Netherlands; Norway; Peru; Poland; Canada and Poland; the Soviet Union; Sweden; Sweden and New Zealand; the United States; Uruguay. Also includes: text of LSA's article "Three Ill-Starred Agreements: Mr Runciman Queers the Pitch", criticising trade agreements made by Walter Runciman [President of the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Scope and Contents Includes: Sixty Minutes, on international relations and the coal industry, May 1984; interview with Peter Jay on the miners’ strike, economic policy, defence and party reform, May 1984; interview on racism and ethnic minority representation in Labour, June 1984; press statement on a meeting between the National Executive Committee and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on putting the case for coal, Dec 1984; interview on the Today Programme on the economy, Feb 1985; interviews on TV-AM with...