50 Years Ago

13 February 1971 Edward Heath (in main image above), the Prime Minister, Tony Barber, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and

6 February 1971 A number of companies said that they would need to lay of staff following the collapse of

5 February 1971 The Government confirmed that the company in financial straits that it had been discussing was Rolls Royce,

4 February 1971 It was confirmed that the British Cabinet had met for three hours to discuss the potential financial

3 February 1971 Geoffrey Rippon (in main image above), the Government’s chief negotiator to join the European Economic Community, rejected

2 February 1971 Tony Barber, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that large inflationary pay increases must stop and said

1 February 1971 Tom Jackson, the Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers, said that the postal strike would

31 January 1971 Robert Carr (in main image above), the Employment Minister, said that he intended to make a “last-ditch

30 January 1971 Ford said that they were facing “commercial suicide” if they implemented the pay demand that was being

29 January 1971 700 workers at the manufacturer Wilkins and Mitchell said that they demanded that 11 men should be