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In the late eighties and early nineties, the UK saw a series of riots in response to what was known as the Poll Tax,, introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government.
The tax was designed to replace the previous method of funding local government, in which a domestic rate was charged based on the value of a person’s property.
Let me present you the context: In 1989 the Conservative government realised their long-held objective of introducing a flat-rate poll tax in Britain. The abolition of the rating system had appeared as part of the party's manifesto for the 1979 general election, and the proposal for the introduction of a poll tax was made explicit in the 1987 election. In late 1989 the plans were adopted, with the new tax to begin in Scotland from the start of the 1989, and in England from the start of the 1990 .nineteen ninety
She and the Conservative Party government introduced the poll tax throughout the United Kingdom. The introduction of the poll tax caused a number of problems. The previous tax was levied on the value of a home, while the poll tax was charged based on the number of adults living in a home. For this reason, adults living in rental properties often evaded the tax and governments had a hard time keeping tabs on who had paid..
4. How much will the community charge be?
Every commity will decide the level of its community charge each year - just as it decides the rates . It led to those in poorer and smaller households – where there could be four or more adults living in a small home while richer people living in large houses alone or as a couple enjoyed a reduction in the amount they paid.
The tax change brought a massive resistance effort. People criticized the law as unfair and burdensome to those who were less off. Another critique was the law saved the rich money while moving the burden of the taxes to the poor
The mass non-payment campaign proved to be hugely effective. The slogan ‘can’t pay won’t pay’ summed up the principle – some people couldn’t afford the new tax; others could but refused to pay on political grounds. Millions of people didn’t pay their bills, causing a crisis for local councils and the government.
A communiste proclamed “MASS NON-PAYMENT is now a reality in england” . Councils describe the numbers refusing to pay their ‘community charge’ as ‘frighteningly high’. Nearly a year after the first bills were sent out, hundreds of thousands of working class people have not paid a single penny of their bills. Millions more are massively in arrears. Councils are despairing of ever recovering their money.
As soon as the poll tax was announced many people stopped registering to vote, it was if many had just disappeared, which for poll tax purposes is what they did, find me if you can.
England, protests against it began to increase. That culminated in a number of Poll Tax riots.
The most serious of those was on 31 March 1990 , when crowds gathered in Kennington Park and marching to Trafalgar Square.
a week before the implementation of the tax .Reports concluded that around 200,000 to 250,000 people attended the protest where Trafalgar Square reaching its capacity, police blocked-in a portion of the protest at the top and bottom of Whitehall.
The demonstration around Trafalgar Square left 113 people injured and 340 under arrest,
with over100 police officers needingtreatment for injuries.
On November 22, 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned in the face of the impossibility of imposing poll tax, including among the Tories themselves who had electoral concerns. Faced with the proliferation of boycotts, the Conservative government finally gave up the poll tax on March 21, 1991.
By the time of the 1992 general election, legislation had been passed. replacing the poll tax with the Council Tax from the start of the 1993/1994 Council Tax strongly resembled the rates system tax that it had replaced. The main differences were at the tax's inception: that properties were placed in bands, thereby capping the maximum amount, and it was levied on capital value, rather than the notional rental value of a property. Households with only one occupant were also entitled to a 25 per cent discount.