Important Dates Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
Q
Monetarism adopted
A
1980
2
Q
Housing Act - gave tenants in Council Houses the right to buy their house with a 33% discount
A
1980
3
Q
Falklands War
A
1982
4
Q
Supply side economics adopted
A
1982-1988
5
Q
IRA Grand Hotel Bombing
A
1984
6
Q
‘Big Bang’
A
1986
7
Q
Social Security Act
A
1986
8
Q
Black Monday Stock Market Crash
A
1987
9
Q
Housing Act - Reduce the number of council homes being built
A
1988
10
Q
Section 28
A
1988
11
Q
Education Reform Act
A
1988
12
Q
Internal markets in the NHS
A
1989
13
Q
Poll Tax
A
1990
14
Q
British Telecom sold
A
1984
15
Q
British Gas sold
A
1986
16
Q
British Rail privatised
A
1994-97
17
Q
Removal of exchange controls
A
1979
18
Q
VAT increased
A
1979
19
Q
Lawson Boom
A
End of the 1980s
20
Q
Acts limiting Trade Union activity
A
1980-84
21
Q
NUM Strike
A
1984-85
22
Q
Thatcher abolished Civil Service Department
A
1981
23
Q
Local Government Act - abolish 7 councils
A
1985
24
Q
‘Right to Buy’ scheme
A
1980
25
New education syllabus rolled out
1986
26
'Operation Swamp' introduced by London Police
1981
27
Riots as a result of 'Operation Swamp'
1981
28
Trade union and labour relations consolidation act
1992
29
Labour's manifested 'longest suicide note in history'
1983
30
'Gang of Four' broke away from Labour and formed the SDP
1981
31
Neil Kinnock as Labour Leader
1983-92
32
Tony Blair became leader
1994
33
Minimum wage introduced
1998
34
SDP merged with the Liberals to form Lib Dems
1988
