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.

Council tax is increasingly resembling ‘the dreaded poll tax’ with the poorest households feeling the pinch the most, a report warns today. The Resolution Foundation think-tank estimates that ...

The study likens the situation to the early 1990s when the Thatcher government tried to introduce a flat-rate poll tax with limited rebates for poorer families, triggering a political backlash ...