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1
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What was inflation at before Thatcher?

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Periods ofover 20% in the late 70s and at 14% in 1979

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How much did Thatcher reduce inflation by?

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Reduced to single figures by 1982, never rose above 9% for the rest of the 80s
Though: 1979 inflation at 10.3% and 1990 at 10.9% - no change

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3
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How far did manufacturing fall between 1980-1

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14%

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4
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In 1980 how far did inflation rise due to soaring pay demands?

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22%

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5
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What was unemployment at in 1982?

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3 million

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6
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How much did the sale of British Gas raise?

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£5.4 billion

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How much money was raised from privitisation?

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£19 billion

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8
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How did shareholders increase between 1979-90

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3-11 million

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9
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By 1990 how many shareholders were owned by individuals?

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20%

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10
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How many jobs were lost as a result of coal privitisation?

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200,000

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11
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How much was economic growth during the Lawson Boom?`

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4-5% a year

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12
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How much did private household debt increase from 1980-89?

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£16 billion to £47 billion

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13
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What was personal debt at by 2003?

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£1.3 trillion - highest in Europe

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How much did the 1980 Budget reduce the top rate of income tax?

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83% to 60%

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15
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How much did the 1988 Budget reduce income tax

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Basic rate decreased from 29% to 25%

High rate of income tax reduced to 40%

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16
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How much was VAT increased in 1979?

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rose from 8 to 15%

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17
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How much did the average tax bill rise between 1979-90 due to indirect taxation?

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rose by 6%

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18
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How did the reduction in direct taxation affect the amount of tax avoidance?

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Wealthiest 5% paid as much tax in 1988 at 40% rate as they did in 1978 at the 83% rate

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19
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How did the numbers of TU members change between 1979-90

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13.5 million to under 10 million

20
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How did the days lost to strike action decrease?

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10.5 million between 1980-84 to 0.8 million 1990-94

21
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How did the number of miners decrease?

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Between 1974 to 1991 number of miners fell from 200,000 to 10,000

22
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How much did crime rates increase during the 1980s?

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Doubled, Battle of Orgreaves partly responsible

23
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How many environmental ministers were fired over 3 years?

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1/4 of them

24
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How many civil servants had been sacked by 1988?

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22.5% - saving £1 billion

25
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How far did the number of government employees fall?

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Fell from 2.5 to 2.1 million between 1979-95

26
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How many council homes were sold as a result of the Right to Buy scheme?

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200,000 between 1982-3

27
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How much did Thatcher cut central government payments to local government?

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From 60% to 49% of funding

28
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How much did NHS funding increase between 1980-87?

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Rose 60%

29
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How many NHS trusts were in debt by 1996?

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34

30
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How did cuts in income tax benefit the rich more than the poor?

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By 1989 the bottom 10% paid £400 million less, the top 10% paid £9.3 billion less

31
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How did the income of the poorest and richest differ?

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Income of the richest rose from 61% between 1979-92, while the income of the poorest decreased by 18%

32
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How many pensioners lived under the poverty line?

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Increased from 13% to 43%

33
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How did unemployment rise in Wales?

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73,000 unemployed in 1979 –> rising to 166,000 in 1986

34
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How did drug offenses increase in Wales?

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1,308 in 1990 compared to 605 in 1979

35
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In 2019 what was the UK declared as the most in Europe?

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Regionally most unequal

36
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In 1987 how many people believed homosexuality was ‘almost or mostly wrong’

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3/4

37
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How did the number of politicians with a degree rise?

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40% in 1918 to 75% in 2010

38
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How did the background of labour MPs change?

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Fraction of Labour MPs from a manual background was 1/3 in 1945, but 1/10 in 2010

39
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How did the number of MPs from a legal background decline?

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70% in 1974 to 30% in 1997

40
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How did Thatcher’s taxation policy after her reign?

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Basic income tax was reduced from 25% to 23% in 1997

41
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How did the conservatives become less posh?

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The number of MPs educated at public school dropped from 75% to 66% between 1974-87

42
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How were the conservatives still dominated by men?

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Female MPs rose from 19% to 41% during Thatcher’s reign

43
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How many votes did labour get in 1983 election?

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Only 28%

44
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How did Right to Buy increase Conservative support?

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60% of Labour voters who bought their council house voted Tory in subsequent elections?

45
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How much did hospital funding increase between 2000-04?

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6% increase above inflation each year

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