Labour MP and Trade Unionist Frank Cousins arrives at Aldergrove ahead of an Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union conference held in Newry. He had resigned from his role as Minister for Technology in protest at the introduction of the Prices and Incomes Act. He is seen here with Norman Kennedy, his Irish counterpart.
The Prices and Incomes Act 1966 c. 33 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, affecting UK labour law, regarding wage levels and price policies. It allowed the government to begin a process to scrutinise rising levels of wages (at around 8 per cent per annum at that time) by initiating reports, and inquiries, and ultimately giving orders for a standstill. The objective was to control inflation. It proved unpopular after the 1960s.