Poll Tax

Ambulance workers' demonstration
In Depth

1989—when ambulance workers took on Thatcher

The strike was a massive focus of solidarity
10 December 2022
Papers show Tories thought poll tax ‘proceeding smoothly’
The Troublemaker

Papers show Tories thought poll tax ‘proceeding smoothly’

Margaret Thatcher was threatened with a fine for failing to register herself for the hated poll tax which triggered her downfall.
03 January 2017
Thatcher's downfall - 25 years since the poll tax riot
In Depth

Thatcher’s downfall – 25 years since the poll tax riot

The anti poll tax riot in 1990 helped oust Margaret Thatcher. The movement also struck a blow against everyone who said it was impossible to fight back, argues Sadie Robinson
31 March 2015
Voices from the poll tax struggle
In Depth

Voices from the poll tax struggle

Phil Maxwell | Roy Hanney | Kate Douglas
23 March 2010
Poll Tax riot: The day that sunk Thatcher’s flagship
In Depth

Poll Tax riot: The day that sunk Thatcher’s flagship

The police piled into demonstrators from points around the square. Two police vans and a car were driven into the crowd at speed without warning.
23 March 2010
Fifteen years since the poll tax revolt
In Depth

Fifteen years since the poll tax revolt

Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government boasted that the poll tax, their new local government tax, would mean that "a duke would pay the same as a dustman".
09 April 2005