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Housing: believed in property owning democracy and property and freedom. |
Superiority of private sector compared to publuc |
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1980 housing act gave people a right to buy |
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People who lived in their house for more than 3 years for what discount? |
33% |
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People who lived in their house for more than 20 years got what discount? |
50% |
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500,000 brought their council houses every year from 1980-1989 |
Yeah |
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By 1989 what percentage of the number of civil servants had been reduced? |
25% |
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Whyvdid the local authority spending target scheme a failure? |
Because local authorities would increase local taxation as a response |
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A group of Labour councils defied the regulations and set their own rates ( illegal rates) |
This didn't work because there was huge divisions in Labour at the time |
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When was the greater London Council abolished? |
1985 |
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When was the poll tax introduced? |
1988 |
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Local government spending increases by 15% between 1979 and 1989 |
Yh |
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She roled the state back in local governments |
Yeah |
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Conclusion: changed the way the state worked |
Yeah |
