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First Budget

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1974–1997Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1974

Denis Winston Healey26 March 1974

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey delivers his first Budget shortly after Labour returns to office.

1997

James Gordon Brown2 July 1997

House of Commons · Government / Labour Party Government

Brown introduces a windfall tax on privatised utilities and announces employment measures.

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyJames Gordon Brown

Provenance

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