Poll tax riots - Wikipedia
WEBThe poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), introduced by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Poll tax (Great Britain) - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 …
1990: Chaos, Carnage & Bloodshed in Poll Tax Riots - YouTube
WEB'On This Day 1990: Chaos, Carnage & Bloodshed in Poll Tax Riots'On This Day in 1990, serious violence broke out in London during a protest against a new coun...
National Archives: Thatcher's poll tax miscalculation - BBC
WEBDec 30, 2016 · The poll tax (or community charge) was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable. Instead it triggered civil disobedience and riots and a rebellion in the...
Poll tax riots - 20 years after violence shook London - BBC News
WEBMar 31, 2010 · In the London poll tax riots, up to 3,000 demonstrators turned on police, attacking them with bricks, bottles and scaffolding poles, and 340 were arrested. Of 113 people injured, 45 were police....
BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1990: Violence flares in poll tax …
WEBAn anti-poll tax rally in central London has erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers are among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses.
The Battle of Trafalgar Square: The poll tax riots revisited
WEBMar 25, 2010 · London's poll tax riot, 20 years ago next week, has come to symbolise the end of Thatcherism. But how was it for those involved? David Graham revisits the scene
BBC Archive 1990: Violence flares in poll tax demonstration
WEBJun 17, 2024 · An anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into riots on 31 March 1990. More than 400 people were arrested and property was damaged with repairs estimated at £400,000 after the...
Can't Pay, Won't Pay: The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax on JSTOR
WEBIn 1990 Trafalgar Square was witness to scenes of violence the like of which had not been seen in central London for a hundred years. It was a cry of sheer frustration and anger at the Conservative Government’s ‘flagship policy’ of the Community Charge – otherwise known as the Poll Tax.
On this day: 31st Mar 1990 - The poll tax riots - BBC
WEBJan 4, 2024 · On the 31st of March 1990, London witnessed its worst riots in a century, when an anti-poll tax demonstration turned violent. One hundred and thirteen people were injured in total, forty-five...