The Poll Tax is introduced in Scotland – 1989

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Replacing the Rates system, the Poll Tax is introduced in Scotland before the rest of the country. Deeply unpopular, it leads to the biggest protests since the Miners' Strike. Video: Inside Scotland: Thatcher and the Scots.

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