Thatcher role of the state Flashcards
cut local gov. funding from … in … to … in …
£44mil
1979
£39mil
1990
… … introduced policy of ‘targets & penalities’ for local gov.
1981
Michael Heseltine
Rates Bill … = cap on local gov. taxation, initially defied by … Council led by … & extreme left-wing group …
1984
Liverpool
Derek Hatton
Militant Tendency
Local Gov. Act … (1st) abolished … metropolitan councils including …’s Greater London Council
1985
7
‘Red’ Ken Livingstone
Local Gov. Act … (2nd) forced councils to ‘buy in’ services = … local gov. employees made redundant … to …
1988
over 400,000
1979
1990
local gov. spending as proportion GDP fell … in … to … in …
10%
1979
8.7%
1990
Housing Act … = ‘right to buy’ … discount for … years or … for … years
1980
33%
3
50%
20
… people bought council home every year … to …
500,000
1980
1989
… to … … council homes sold
1980
1997
over 5mil
proportion state-owned houses fell … to … by …
31.5%
23.6%
1989
Housing Act … (2nd) specifically banned local authorities using money earned from sale council houses on new housing projects
1986
(civil service) established … & … & commissioned … report
‘Efficiency Unit’
‘Management Information System’
‘Next Steps’
by … … worth efficiency savings & num. civil servants reduced by …
1989
more than £1bn
nearly 25%
… White Paper ‘Working for Patients’ called for creation ‘internal market’ in NHS, not introduced until after fall from power …
1989
1990
Education Act … allowed schools to opt-out Local Authority control to be ‘grant maintained’ = … schools (…) opted out
1988
1,200
19%
Social Security Act … introduced means testing
1986
… = Sec. of State for Emp. … & Sec. of State for Industry ..
Norman Tebbit
1981-83
1983-85
Emp. Act .. (1st) criminalised secondary picketing
1980
Emp. Act … (2nd) union leaders could only impose ‘closed shop’ of backing of majority members
1982
Trade Union Act … forced unions to call secret ballot & win majority before strike
1984
… banned publication of … = memoirs former MI5 officer
1985
‘Spycatcher’
… censored all new coverage of IRA & banned broadcast interviews with members IRA & Sinn Fein
1988
‘Zircon Affair’ … = suppressed release documentary by … on secret spy satellite
1985-86
Duncan Campbell
… = targeted ‘stop & search’ campaign lasted …
Operation Swamp 81
10 days
Brixton Riots …, … rioted … vehicles & … buildings damaged/burned & … injured police officers
10th-12th April
over 5,000
over 100
150
249
Police & Criminal Evidence Act … = allowed to arrest those involved in demonstrations & ‘disorderly conduct’ = allowed to arrest for using insulting language
1984
Criminal Justice Act … = short prison sentences for young offenders known as …
1982/86
‘short, sharp, shock’
law & order budget increased … real terms …
36%
1979-89
prison pop. … in … to … in … = highest per capita in Europe
42,000
1979
480,000
1989
… allowed … to be stationed in UK
1979
US Cruise Missiles
… purchased Trident cost … for …
1980
£7.5mil/year
15 years
… following … review T. committed to increase defence spending … every year throughout …
1981
‘The Way Forward’
3%
80s
… authorised military operation to retake Falklands Islands, … conflict -> Argentine surrender …
1982
74 day
14th June
defence spending rose … real terms …
20%
1979-86
local gov. spending increased … …
15%
1979-90
NHS spending rose … …
60%
1980-87
… NHS share total gov. spending rose … to …
1979-86
12%
15%
only … manual workers had private health insurance
1%
… = Ed. Sec. …
Keith Joseph
1981-86
GCSEs announced to replace … in …, first examined …
CSEs & O-levels
1984
1988
Ed. Act … introduced Nat. Curriculum & league tables
1988
… … GDP on social security, by … …
1979
10%
1989
11.1%
green paper proposing abolition … but forced to backtrack
State Earning-Related Pension Scheme (SERPS)
… moderate reforms to make SERPS less attractive but spending on pensions almost exactly same = … GDP … & … by …
1986-89
6.7%
1979
6.5% 1990
