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Thatcher role of the state Flashcards

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1
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cut local gov. funding from … in … to … in …

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£44mil
1979
£39mil
1990

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… … introduced policy of ‘targets & penalities’ for local gov.

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1981
Michael Heseltine

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Rates Bill … = cap on local gov. taxation, initially defied by … Council led by … & extreme left-wing group …

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1984
Liverpool
Derek Hatton
Militant Tendency

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Local Gov. Act … (1st) abolished … metropolitan councils including …’s Greater London Council

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1985
7
‘Red’ Ken Livingstone

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Q

Local Gov. Act … (2nd) forced councils to ‘buy in’ services = … local gov. employees made redundant … to …

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1988
over 400,000
1979
1990

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6
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local gov. spending as proportion GDP fell … in … to … in …

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10%
1979
8.7%
1990

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7
Q

Housing Act … = ‘right to buy’ … discount for … years or … for … years

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1980
33%
3
50%
20

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8
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… people bought council home every year … to …

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500,000
1980
1989

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9
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… to … … council homes sold

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1980
1997
over 5mil

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10
Q

proportion state-owned houses fell … to … by …

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31.5%
23.6%
1989

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Housing Act … (2nd) specifically banned local authorities using money earned from sale council houses on new housing projects

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1986

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12
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(civil service) established … & … & commissioned … report

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‘Efficiency Unit’
‘Management Information System’
‘Next Steps’

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by … … worth efficiency savings & num. civil servants reduced by …

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1989
more than £1bn
nearly 25%

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… White Paper ‘Working for Patients’ called for creation ‘internal market’ in NHS, not introduced until after fall from power …

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1989
1990

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Education Act … allowed schools to opt-out Local Authority control to be ‘grant maintained’ = … schools (…) opted out

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1988
1,200
19%

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16
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Social Security Act … introduced means testing

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1986

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17
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… = Sec. of State for Emp. … & Sec. of State for Industry ..

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Norman Tebbit
1981-83
1983-85

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18
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Emp. Act .. (1st) criminalised secondary picketing

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1980

19
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Emp. Act … (2nd) union leaders could only impose ‘closed shop’ of backing of majority members

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1982

20
Q

Trade Union Act … forced unions to call secret ballot & win majority before strike

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1984

21
Q

… banned publication of … = memoirs former MI5 officer

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1985
‘Spycatcher’

22
Q

… censored all new coverage of IRA & banned broadcast interviews with members IRA & Sinn Fein

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1988

23
Q

‘Zircon Affair’ … = suppressed release documentary by … on secret spy satellite

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1985-86
Duncan Campbell

24
Q

… = targeted ‘stop & search’ campaign lasted …

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Operation Swamp 81
10 days

25
Q

Brixton Riots …, … rioted … vehicles & … buildings damaged/burned & … injured police officers

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10th-12th April
over 5,000
over 100
150
249

26
Q

Police & Criminal Evidence Act … = allowed to arrest those involved in demonstrations & ‘disorderly conduct’ = allowed to arrest for using insulting language

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1984

27
Q

Criminal Justice Act … = short prison sentences for young offenders known as …

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1982/86
‘short, sharp, shock’

28
Q

law & order budget increased … real terms …

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36%
1979-89

29
Q

prison pop. … in … to … in … = highest per capita in Europe

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42,000
1979
480,000
1989

30
Q

… allowed … to be stationed in UK

A

1979
US Cruise Missiles

31
Q

… purchased Trident cost … for …

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1980
£7.5mil/year
15 years

32
Q

… following … review T. committed to increase defence spending … every year throughout …

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1981
‘The Way Forward’
3%
80s

33
Q

… authorised military operation to retake Falklands Islands, … conflict -> Argentine surrender …

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1982
74 day
14th June

34
Q

defence spending rose … real terms …

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20%
1979-86

35
Q

local gov. spending increased … …

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15%
1979-90

36
Q

NHS spending rose … …

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60%
1980-87

37
Q

… NHS share total gov. spending rose … to …

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1979-86
12%
15%

38
Q

only … manual workers had private health insurance

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1%

39
Q

… = Ed. Sec. …

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Keith Joseph
1981-86

40
Q

GCSEs announced to replace … in …, first examined …

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CSEs & O-levels
1984
1988

41
Q

Ed. Act … introduced Nat. Curriculum & league tables

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1988

42
Q

… … GDP on social security, by … …

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1979
10%
1989
11.1%

43
Q

green paper proposing abolition … but forced to backtrack

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State Earning-Related Pension Scheme (SERPS)

44
Q

… moderate reforms to make SERPS less attractive but spending on pensions almost exactly same = … GDP … & … by …

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1986-89
6.7%
1979
6.5% 1990

A-level History - Britain 1918-97 (6 decks)

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