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The Budget: A PM Special

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Presenters Gordon Clough Robert Williams and Joan Bakewen
3.30 The
Chancellor of the Exchequer live from the House of Commons
Will SIR GROF-FREY HOWE 'S second budget be as radical as his first? Will there be more tax cuts, more cuts in public expenditure? How will he raise the extra revenue he needs? In the traditional way, by increasing taxes on tobacco and drink? You can hear the measures as they're announced and have them analysed by experts from business, industry and politics including
Lord Errol, President of the Institute of Directors; Neil Kinnock , up, Opposition Spokesman on Education; James Morrell of the Henley Centre for Forecasting; David Alton , Liberal up, Liverpool Edge Hill; Alan Fisher , Gen Sec of NUPE; and others.
Vincent Duggleby. is in the House of Commons to intei pret the Chancellor's . speech.
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
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Contributors

Presenters:
Gordon Clough
Presenters:
Robert Williams
Presenters:
Joan Bakewen
Unknown:
Frey Howe
Directors:
Neil Kinnock
Unknown:
James Morrell
Unknown:
David Alton
Unknown:
Alan Fisher
Unknown:
Gen Sec
Unknown:
Vincent Duggleby.
Source: Radio Times

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