T HE FINANCING of local authorities in Britain can stir passions and topple leaders. In 1989 Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government introduced the “poll tax”, an average annual charge ...

A book published in 1992 - a year after the levy was scrapped by Thatcher's successor, John Major - dubbed the poll tax the most celebrated political disaster in post-war Britain.

Council tax bills for the coming financial year will shortly be dropping on people’s doormats, ... Britain now has a wealth tax in all but name. Telegraph View. 20 March 2025 at 2:55 pm · 2-min read.

This book tells the gripping inside story of the biggest mass movement in British history, which at its peak involved over 17 million people. Using a combination of photos, text, and graphics, and ...

One MP said they had received angry letters referring to the levy as the "poll tax 2.0" – a phrase that was also used spontaneously by voters in a focus group in a northern city last week.