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Current Tory policy chief Oliver Letwin urged Thatcher to press ahead with the viciously iniquitous poll tax in the 1980s despite warnings from leading ministers that it would be politically “catastrophic,” newly released documents reveal.
Papers released by the National Archives in Kew show that Mr Letwin — then an adviser in the No 10 policy unit — helped to convince the prime minister to use Scotland as a testing ground for the new tax.
Chancellor Nigel Lawson was one of those opposed to the introduction, warning that the whole scheme would be “completely unworkable and politically catastrophic.”
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
