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The Employment Act 1980 [1] (c. 42) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the first term of Margaret Thatcher's premiership and mainly relating to trade unions. Overview [ edit ]
Premiership of Margaret Thatcher; Censorship of LGBT issues. Russian LGBT propaganda law – similar law introduced in Russia in 2013; Florida Parental Rights in Education Act – similar law passed in Florida in 2022; LGBT ideology-free zones – similar laws introduced by over 100 municipalities in Poland "Promotion of homosexuality"
A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher [nb 2] (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
Thatcher and François Mitterrand agreed on the project and set up study groups. Mitterrand as a socialist said the French government would pay its share. Thatcher insisted on private financing for the British share, and the City assured her that private enterprise was eager to fund it. Final decisions were announced in January 1986. [127] [128]
The Housing Act 1980 (c. 51) was an act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave five million council house tenants in England and Wales the Right to Buy their house from their local authority. The Act came into force on 3 October 1980 and is seen as a defining policy of Thatcherism.
During her 11 years in office, Margaret Thatcher's government suffered four House of Commons defeats. 15 December 1982 – A motion disapproving of a change in immigration rules was passed 290–272. [66] 19 July 1983 – An amendment motion on setting MPs' salaries was defeated 160-233. [67]
The Shops Bill 1986 was a parliamentary bill in the United Kingdom that would have ended government regulation of Sunday shopping in England and Wales. [1] Introduced by the Government of Margaret Thatcher, it was defeated in the House of Commons at its second reading; this is the most recent occasion at which a government bill has fallen at that stage.