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26/04/1971
Panorama looks at the most interesting topics of the day, including features on Lord Reith's contribution to British broadcasting and an interview with Margaret Thatcher over Conservative plans to withdraw free milk for children over seven years old and increase the price of school dinners.
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Mon 26 Apr 197120:00
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Free School Milk
Duration: 21:46
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Did You Know?
Public Record documents released in 2001 show Margaret Thatcher to have been very worried about the public reaction to the end of free milk, though she also proposed cuts in other areas. Arguing that charging for library books would be too controversial, she suggested instead that entry fees to national museums could be introduced.
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- Mon 26 Apr 197120:00
Margaret Thatcher: From MP to PM Collection
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