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- She set out to change a Britain she saw mired in ever more paralytic socialism, and along the way she broke unions, slashed government bureaucracy, trimmed the social safety net and privatized industries that then struggled or sank without public subsidies.
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Oct 27, 2018 · An evaluation of Thatcher's economic policies on employment, growth, trade unions, productivity, inequality, society. Did Thatcher revive the UK economy or did she sow seeds of social division?
Nov 9, 2009 · Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady, reduced the influence of trade unions and privatized industries as the United Kingdom's first female prime minister.
Apr 8, 2013 · Whether it was the invitations to tea from Labour prime ministers Blair and Brown, or the fact that large swathes of Conservative reforms survived through the New Labour years, Baroness Thatcher's...
On becoming prime minister after winning the 1979 general election, Thatcher introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high inflation and Britain's struggles in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and an oncoming recession. [nb 2] Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised greater individual liberty, the privat...
Aug 17, 2019 · Many leading UK politicians claim their inheritance of the “Thatcher legacy” to legitimate their proposed policies, yet it is not clear what is that legacy. Thatcher’s policies, instituted in the 1980s and broadly pursued by subsequent governments, changed the economic and social outlook of the UK.
