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  1. Heseltine makes u-turn on poll tax (1990)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Michael Heseltine’s first speech to the Commons as new Environment Minister makes what is seen as a massive u-turn on the much hated poll tax (community charge) saying he would like to investigate the best...

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  2. Mid-Staffordshire by-election (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Local Government Minister David Hunt on the impact the new poll tax (community charge) had on the Mid-Staffordshire by-election and how he did not explain it well enough. The Conservative...

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  3. Council tax replacing poll tax (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a Liberal Democrat on the Government’s decision to change the poll tax (community charge) for a council tax. He says both systems are unjust, Labour Party proposals and the Conservative...

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  4. Vox pop on new PM John Major (1990)

    Genre
    Vox pop

    Mark Phillips takes a vox pop with the public outside 10 Downing Street on Margaret Thatcher leaving and what they would like to see new Prime Minister John Major tackle-most mention the poll tax (community...

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  5. Labour MP to appeal against imprisonment for not paying poll tax (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Rowley interviews Sefton Labour MP Terry Fields, who was imprisoned for 2 months for failing to pay his poll tax (community charge) and has been thrown out of Labour. He describes the damage done by the...

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  6. Harry Enfield as Stavros on the poll tax (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Harry Enfield’s comedy character Stavros, a Cypriot kebab shop owner, backs the campaign outside the Hackney Empire to protest about the new poll tax (community charge). Enfield as Stavros airs his views...

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  7. Bryan Gould on poll tax (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour Party Environment spokesman, Bryan Gould, on attempts by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to overhaul the operation of the community charge or poll tax, prior to upcoming local...

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  8. Bryan Gould on plans for council tax to replace poll tax (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with shadow Environment Secretary Bryan Gould on the Conservative Government plan to abolish poll tax (community charge), and replace it with a new council tax by 1993. Gould claims the Government...

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  9. Debate on poll tax (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Peter Murphy reports from Westminster about a Parliamentary debate on the new community charge or poll tax and fears over levels- should be around £275 per person. Includes speeches by Nicholas Ridley,...

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  10. Bryan Gould on local elections (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour Party Environment spokesman Bryan Gould on the issue of the poll tax in the forthcoming local elections (03/05/90). Reveals details of what he is calling a Snooper’s Charter, designed...

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