Pay Policy
Healey presses for pay restraint as inflation reaches severe levels.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
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Denis Winston Healey Biography and Timeline — Page 5
Follow Denis Winston Healey through 350 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Denis Winston Healey, historical timeline
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1976
Economy of Great Britain
Britain slashes welfare spending.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976
Economy of Great Britain
The British pound falls below the equivalent of $2 for the first time.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976
Labour Leadership Election
Healey stands in the Labour leadership election after Harold Wilson announces his resignation.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1976
Leadership First Ballot
Healey receives 30 votes in the first ballot of the Labour leadership election.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1976
Leadership Second Ballot
Healey receives 38 votes in the second ballot but is eliminated from the leadership contest.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1976
Labour Leadership Election
After receiving 30 votes in the first ballot and 38 in the second, Healey is eliminated and supports James Callaghan in the final ballot.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
April Budget
Healey presents a Budget linking tax reductions to agreement on a further round of wage restraint.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Pay Policy
Healey works with the TUC on a second phase of pay restraint.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Social Contract
Healey works with the TUC on the second phase of pay restraint.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Public Expenditure Reductions
Healey announces public expenditure reductions totalling approximately one billion pounds at 1976 survey prices.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Devaluation
The pound falls to $1.68.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976
Devaluation
The pound falls to $1.67.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976
Heathrow Return - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Heathrow Return - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Heathrow Return - IMF
IMF context: Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Heathrow Return
Abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Heathrow Turnaround
Healey abandons his journey to an IMF meeting and returns to London as sterling comes under severe pressure.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Heathrow
Healey turns back from Heathrow during the sterling crisis to manage emergency talks in London.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Sterling Emergency - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Sterling Emergency - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Sterling Emergency - IMF
IMF context: Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Sterling Emergency
Returns from Heathrow during the sterling emergency rather than continuing to the IMF meeting.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Economy of Great Britain
Britain applies to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $3.9 billion.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976
IMF Crisis Response - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Crisis Response - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Crisis Response - IMF
IMF context: Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Crisis Response
Responds to the sterling crisis by pursuing an IMF loan.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Financing Request - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Financing Request - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Financing Request - IMF
IMF context: Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Financing Request
Requests IMF financial support as pressure on sterling intensifies.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Loan Application - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Loan Application - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Loan Application - IMF
IMF context: Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Loan Application
Announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Loan Application
Healey announces that Britain will seek a 3.9 billion dollar standby loan from the International Monetary Fund.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Standby Request - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Standby Request - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
IMF Standby Request - IMF
IMF context: Seeks a standby loan from the International Monetary Fund during the sterling crisis.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1979
Records, sources and methodology
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