THATCHER

Question 1

What was Thatcher’s economic

Answer 1

She believed that everyone should work hard to earn a living and only most vulnerable should be helped

She believed hard work should be rewarded

Wanted to create entupenires

Question 2

Thatcher and spending cuts

Answer 2

Public spending dropped from £11 billion in 1980 to £9 billion in 1981

Question 3

Tax cuts and increased

Answer 3

Increased VAT from 8% to 15%

Standard rate of tax cut from 33% to 30% to and top rate tax from 83% to 60%.

From 1984 : standered rate of income tax from 30% to 27% in 1987

Question 4

Thatcher and Privatisation

Answer 4

By 79 nationalised companies were running at loss eg British Airways was at a £544 million loss between 1981-82

1979 workers employed 25% of workers but only produced 10% of GDP

In 1979 only 7% of country had shares by 1990 it had lept to 25%

Sale of BT brought in £4 billion

Question 5

What was inflation in 1980 ? And what was inflation in 1986 ?

Answer 5

Inflation 1980:18%

Inflation 1986: 3%

Question 6

Thatcher and unemployment

Answer 6

Unemployment was at 3 million 1985

Question 7

Thatcher and productivity

Answer 7

1979 British works were 50% as efficient as American workers by 1997 British workers were 80% as productive

Question 8

Thatcher: Industry and finance

Answer 8

Financial industry got a 300% increase investment wilst manafctring only got 8%

During 60s Industry was 40% of
GDP by 1997 it was 21%

1989 £20 billion deficit

Question 9

THATCHER’s Union Acts

Answer 9

• Employment Act (1980) criminalised secondary action
• Employment Act (1982) there could only be a strike a closed shop if there was a vote
• Trade Union Act (1984) forced Unions to call a secret ballot and win a majority to start a strike

Question 10

THATCHER and DEFENCE

Answer 10

• 1979 she allowed us missiles to be put in UK
• 1980 bought Trident
• 1982 Falklands
• between 1984-86 18,000 trops made redundant

Question 11

Law and order Acts

Answer 11

• Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) expands stop and search powers
• Public Order Act (1986) allowed police to arrest protesters
• Criminal Justice Act of 1982 and 88 shorter but harsher prison sentences for young
• Prevention of Terrorism Act (1989)extended top and search

Question 12

Reduction in spending

Answer 12

• between 1979 and 1984 govt was cut by £5 billion
• Rates Bill passed in 1984 govt imposed upper limit on local tax
• Local Govt Act of 1988 forced Councils to buy private sector stuff

Question 13

Impact of Thatcher’s battle with union

Answer 13

NUM ( National Union of Miners) between 1985 and 1990 it lost 84% of its members

Between 1979 and 1997 membership declined by 40%

Between 1985-1990 94 pits closed

Question 14

What was the Westland Affair?

Answer 14

Between 1985-86 Hesltine and Thatcher fort over weather to give European or American manufacturers the contracts . Heseltine wanted Europe wilst Thatcher USA .Heseltine rigsin

Question 15

Thatcher and Homosexuality

Answer 15

Three-quarters of people surveyed thought Homosexuality was wrong
Thatcher govt got behind a safe-sex campaign

Section 26 of the 1986 Ed Act specified that “value of family life “ should be promoted

Clause 28 of the 1988 Local Govt Act banded the the ‘promotion of homosexuality’

Question 16

What was the Scarman Report and what did it say?

Answer 16

The inquiry found that there was evidence of disproportionate and unnecessary use of stop and search against minoritys

Poverty was a key factor in social unrest