50 Years Ago

50 Years Ago – 28 February 1971

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

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

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

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

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