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50 Years Ago – 2 March 1971

2 March 1971 The Vehicle & General Insurance company unexpectedly went bust, with over 800,000 car insurance policies becoming invalid.

1 March 1971 Hugh Scanlon (in main image above), the President of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, said that

28 February 1971 Trade unions warned that 1.5 million engineers would strike on 1 March 1971 if the Government didn’t

27 February 1971 The British Airports Authority announced that in 1970, for the first time, the total number of passengers

26 February 1971 Agreement was finally reached on police pay, with 100,000 police officers receiving an increase of up to

25 February 1971 The Government defended a proposed pay rise for police officers of around 16%, despite this breaching the

24 February 1971 Keith Joseph (in main image above), the Secretary of State for Social Services announced in the House

23 February 1971 It was announced that rail fares would increase by over 10% above inflation, with prices increases of

15 February 1971 There were fears of oil price rises following the announcement by six Persian Gulf oil producing nations

14 February 1971 James Chichester-Clark, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, said that the British army should “shoot it out