Barbara Castle: TUC Millennium Film Project
1999 1961-70 "Barbara Castle: TUC Millennium Film Project", 1999, Trades Union Congress Interview with Barbara Castle, part of the TUC Millennium Film Project Barbara Castle (1910-2002) was born in Chesterfield and worked as a journalist before becoming MP for Blackburn in the 1945 Genera...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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1999
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/00DBE453-E2C1-4D4C-90FE-2A0E3A1372A0 |
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"Barbara Castle: TUC Millennium Film Project", 1999, Trades Union Congress
Interview with Barbara Castle, part of the TUC Millennium Film Project
Barbara Castle (1910-2002) was born in Chesterfield and worked as a journalist before becoming MP for Blackburn in the 1945 General Election. She held several posts in the 1964-1970 Labour Government, including Secretary of State for Employment from 1968. She was again a minister in the Wilson Government 1974-1976, but stood down as an MP in the 1979 election to become a Member of the European Parliament 1979-1989. In 1990, she was made a life peer, as Baroness Castle of Blackburn.
The following selected clips are available from this page:
Barbara Castle 1 - The Social Contract
Barbara Castle 2 - Equal pay and Dagenham
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