FORMER PM Margaret Thatcher was threatened with a fine for failing to register for the poll tax, declassified documents reveal today. The former prime minister’s introduction of the hated tax in ...

Benefit changes coming into force next year have been compared to the poll tax - the policy that helped end Margaret Thatcher's time as prime minister. Mrs Thatcher's successor as PM, Sir John ...

It likened the policy to Lady Thatcher's hated poll tax on individuals, which led to riots in 1990 and brought down her premiership. And it warned the impacts will be 'borne by workers', hitting ...

She was also angry about his plans to abandon one of her signature policies, the poll tax. Mrs Thatcher, who was Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990, had previously made clear Mr ...

the house was offered to Thatcher in 1990, when her party ousted her after alienating many Conservative voters and MPs with a local poll tax. She had served 11 years. Ever a divisive figure ...

In April 1990, when the poll tax was introduced in England and Wales, Labour enjoyed a 23% lead over the Tories. The party remained in front until Mrs Thatcher's downfall when, following the ...

The Institute of Directors warned today that the move would be Labour's 'poll tax' moment, in reference to the carnage that engulfed Margaret Thatcher's government. Economists have made clear ...