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Local Government Act 1985: |
- Abolished councils she found annoying to deal with - 6 Metropolitan councils were dissolved, increased central government influence |
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Cut Central Government Payments |
- 60% to 49% - Rates Act 1984: 18 councils had rate caps |
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Housing Act 1980 |
- People had right to buy if they had lived in council housing for 3 years - Sense of pride for tenants and would cut costs on property maintenance |
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Effects of Housing Act 1980: |
- 204,000 council houses bought in 1982-83 - Ownership rose from 55% - 63% between 1979-90 |
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Poll Tax 1990 |
- Made poor lower class people pay taxes equally to richer upper class based on members of a household - Poorer homes had large families and would pay much more than single upper class people who lived in better accomodation |
