Briefing [17/06/1985]
From the collection of
Briefing [24/05/1982]
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1982-05-24
Briefing [17/06/1985] (Briefing)
With unemployment stubbornly high, our government policies failing young people in our towns and cities?
A special edition of the regional current affairs programme Briefing, which compares and contrasts Conservative party policy in rural and urban constituencies against some of the social problems of the day, with an emphasis on unemployment especially with the young. The towns of Hexham in Northumberland and Darlington in County Durham are chosen as suitable rural and urban examples, with their sitting MPs, Geoffrey Rippon and Michael Fallon, coming from different sides of the Conservative party.
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The '80s in the North East
For a phoenix to rise there must first be ashes: these films capture the hungry years when hope was hard to find.
The once-thriving powerhouse of Northern industry was stripped back during the 1980s as the region lost coal mines, shipyards, steelworks and many more employers besides. The decline of the North East economy was particularly hard on school-leavers, who had fewer skills and no work experience to fall back on in an increasingly bleak jobs market.
10 videos in this collection
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Briefing [24/05/1982]
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Briefing [21/02/1983]
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Briefing [05/12/1983]
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Social Workers
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Briefing [20/02/1984]
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Briefing [09/04/1984]
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A Most Important Week
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Briefing [26/11/1984]
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Briefing [17/06/1985]
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