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Public Spending

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

4Records
1968–1976Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1968

Roy Harris Jenkins1968

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Maintains tight fiscal discipline to strengthen the balance of payments.

1976

Denis Winston Healey27 October 1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

The Party's National Executive vote to protest to Parliament about Government cuts.

Denis Winston Healey1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey negotiates with the IMF. Makes spending cuts & abandons the policy of full employment.

Denis Winston Healey1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey negotiates with the International Monetary Fund.

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyRoy Harris Jenkins

Provenance

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