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Important Dates Flashcards

1
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Monetarism adopted

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1980

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Housing Act - gave tenants in Council Houses the right to buy their house with a 33% discount

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1980

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3
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Falklands War

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1982

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Supply side economics adopted

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1982-1988

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5
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IRA Grand Hotel Bombing

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1984

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‘Big Bang’

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1986

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Social Security Act

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1986

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8
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Black Monday Stock Market Crash

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1987

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9
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Housing Act - Reduce the number of council homes being built

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1988

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Section 28

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1988

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11
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Education Reform Act

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1988

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12
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Internal markets in the NHS

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1989

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13
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Poll Tax

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1990

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14
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British Telecom sold

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1984

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15
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British Gas sold

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1986

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British Rail privatised

17
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Removal of exchange controls

18
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VAT increased

19
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Lawson Boom

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End of the 1980s

20
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Acts limiting Trade Union activity

21
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NUM Strike

22
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Thatcher abolished Civil Service Department

23
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Local Government Act - abolish 7 councils

24
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‘Right to Buy’ scheme

25
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New education syllabus rolled out

26
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‘Operation Swamp’ introduced by London Police

27
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Riots as a result of ‘Operation Swamp’

28
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Trade union and labour relations consolidation act

29
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Labour’s manifested ‘longest suicide note in history’

30
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‘Gang of Four’ broke away from Labour and formed the SDP

31
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Neil Kinnock as Labour Leader

32
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Tony Blair became leader

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Minimum wage introduced

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SDP merged with the Liberals to form Lib Dems

History - Thatcher (6 decks)

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