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Right to buy: a history of Margaret Thatcher’s controversial policy

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December 9, 2015
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As much as poll tax, right to buy is viewed as one of the defining policies of Thatcher’s time in office. From the moment of its introduction on 3 October 1980, right to buy has been a divisive and contr...

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