Thatcher’s corrosive legacy: The UK’s abandoned inner cities
It was revealed today that Margaret Thatcher was advised to abandon Liverpool to “managed decline” by Geoffrey Howe in 1981; Gavin Knight looks at her legacy.
It was revealed today that Margaret Thatcher was advised to abandon Liverpool to “managed decline” by Geoffrey Howe in 1981; Gavin Knight looks at her legacy.
Kevin Meagher argues that, regardless of how human the Iron Lady film makes her look, we should never forget the corrosive effect Margaret Thatcher had on Britain.
Enterprise Zones, the dusting down of a failed Thatcherite policy, shows the government has no strategy for real growth, just ad hoc short termism.
Climate change minister Greg Barker has said the government is making cuts that “Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s could only have dreamt of”.
David Gustave, an employee of Kids Company, a south London charity dealing with vulnerable inner-city children, spoke exclusively to Left Foot Forward about why he was at Labour conference: “I was here to speak earlier, on the subject of howtest