Political Developments: Before Poll Tax Flashcards
1
Q
What did the Poll Tax replace?
A
Rates
2
Q
What were rates
A
Taxes that had to be paid on properties
3
Q
What had Thatcher done to rates throughout her time as PM?
A
She had capped them for councils
4
Q
Who was Thatcher’s Chancellor of the Exchequer in her third term?
A
Nigel Lawson
5
Q
What did Lawson say about Poll Tax?
A
It would be political suicide
6
Q
Why did opposition to Poll Tax make Thatcher want to create it more?
A
Because there had been other opposed policies which Thatcher eventually created
7
Q
Why did Thatcher think the Poll Tax would be beneficial for society?
A
Because everyone would be paying the same amount of tax
