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Thatcher economic policy Flashcards

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First term

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1979-83

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2
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Falklands War

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1982

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Chancellor Geoffrey Howe

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1979 - June 1983

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Chancellor Nigel Lawson

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June 1983 - Oct 1989

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5
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Second term

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1983-87

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5
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Third term

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1987-90

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Inflation … When came to office 1979, jumped to … By 1980

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13.4%
18%

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7
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Inflation kept below … … (Period)

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9%
1981-89

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8
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(Howe cut public spending from … To … …)

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£11bn
£9bn
…

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9
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… gov subsidised nationalised industries with …

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1984
~£1.1bn

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10
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By … nationalised industries brought in profit of …

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1988
£1.3bn

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11
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… Large industries sold off including…

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50
British Airways
British Steel
British Telecoms

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12
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In total gov made … From sale of assets

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£20bn

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13
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Num shareholders rose from … To … By …

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3mil
11mil
1990

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14
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… Council houses sold … (Period)

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Over 1mil
1979-88

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14
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(industrial production increased by … Each year in 80s)

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4.2%

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15
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UK economy grew at rate of … Towards end of 80s

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8%

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16
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Real wage increase by … For average worker … ( just … In France)

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10%
1979-94
2%

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17
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Num firms grew from … To …

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1.9mil
3mil

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18
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Act abolished credit & exchange control

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Financial Services Act (1986)

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19
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80s investment in financial services industry grew by …

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300%

20
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Lawson slashed interest rates … In 1985 to … 1988

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14%
7.5%

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Unemp above … 1980-89

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2mil

22
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Unemp peaked at … In …

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3.4mil
1986

23
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… Unemp in 1990 (compared to … When T came into office)

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9.1%
3.4%

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… Workers unemp in Scotland & North mid-80s

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1 in 5

25
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Stock market crash

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1987

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Lawson’s ‘giveaway budget’… Lowered standard rate of tax … To …, top rate … To …

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1988
27%
25%
60%
40%

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Inflation … By 1990

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9.5%

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British Steel shed … Workers

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95,000

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National Coal Board had to close … Pits & make … Workers redundant

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75
64,000

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1970 … Employed in industry, by 1990 just …

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Over 9mil
4mil

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Investment in manufacturing only grew … In 80s

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8%

32
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60s industrial output = … Of GDP, by 1997 just …

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60%
21%

33
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Import export deficit: 1979 …, 1990 …

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£5bn
£20bn

34
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Only … Working class males owned shares, … Professional males

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9%
50%

35
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Many sold shares back to large companies = 1975 … Individuals owned shares, 1990 fallen to …

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38%
20%

36
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Economic growth under T slower than under … & … In …

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Macmillan
Wilson
50s & 60s

37
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1950 Britain’s GDP … In world, 1997 …

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6th
14th

38
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By 1990 income tax standard rate fell to …, top rate …

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25%
40%

39
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VAT rose from … To …

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8%
15%

40
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National Insurance rose from … To …

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6.5%
8%

41
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By … Widest gap between rich & poor since records began

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1991

42
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… ‘Poll Tax’ withdrawn in …

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1989
1991

43
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Overall spending on social security & welfare rose … In real terms

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60%

44
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(spending on law & order rose …)

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36%

45
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(military spending increased … Each year 80s)

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3%

46
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1990 gov. Spending = all-time high, deficit of …

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Nearly £30bn

47
Q

Balance of payments deficit … In 1990 (… In 1979)

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£47bn
£16bn

48
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Increase in household debt from … In 1980 to … 1989

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£16bn
£45bn

49
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Overall personal debt … By 2003

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£1.3 trillion

50
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1989 interest rates re-raised to …

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15%

A-level History - Britain 1918-97 (4 decks)

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