Pensioners from around the country gathered in Trafalgar Square - scene of the infamous poll tax riots in 1990 - for the rally organised by the Is It Fair campaign. The small crowd of protesters ...

It likened the policy to Lady Thatcher's hated poll tax on individuals, which led to riots in 1990 and brought down her premiership. And it warned the impacts will be 'borne by workers', hitting ...

In 1990, with Poll Tax riots, the odds were firmly in Kinnock’s favour. Remember the 1983 victory, which looked spectacularly unlikely two years earlier, before Argentina lost its head and ...

commonly known as the Poll Tax. Local council rates were replaced with a flat rate paid by every resident regardless of income. This was a huge political mistake, leading to riots and marches ...

SIR – In 1990 I led an investigation into the poll tax riots, in which scores of police officers suffered injury – in some ...

Sir John, who scrapped the poll tax when he replaced Mrs Thatcher in Downing Street, said he was not predicting riots as a result of universal credit. But, referring to reports that millions of ho ...

We rewind to 1990 to replay shocking and controversial moments in TV, music, showbiz, and politics - including Madonna's bondage fest ban on MTV, Poll Tax riots and ...

There will be images of turbulent events, such as the miners’ strike, anti-racism demonstrations and the poll tax riots by photographers including Brenda Prince, Syd Shelton and David Hoffman ...

Although the working-class, Birkenhead born tart-with-a-heart had already appeared on television briefly (on Jonathan Ross' chat show, and the news footage of the 'Poll Tax Riots', if we can ...

In contrast, one cabinet minister told me "if the establishment tried to unpick the result we'd have poll tax riots". How could we possibly predict the passage of the next year's negotiations ...

Instead, she tried to galvanize voters on issues that mattered to women and Black voters in the election — from abortion ...

Rishi Sunak surprised many people - including in his party - when he said the general election would take place in July. Many ...