Margaret Thatcher

• Who was margaret thather?

  prime minister of the UK between 1979 to 1990 and led the biggest shake-up in urban policy and regeneration in the last 50 years
• What did Thatcher's government lead to?

  an emphasis given to PROPERTY-LED initiatives and the creation of an ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE
• What was large emphasis placed on?

  enabling the private sector to be responsible for regenerating urban areas
• what were local business communities encouraged to do?

  spend public money on buying land , building infrastructure and marketing to attract private investment
• give 3 actions of Thatcher's policies?


  • enterprise zones
  • urban development corporations
  • urban land grants
• What type of estates did thatcher create?

  sink estates - council housing

  Monumental changing- giving tenants the right to buy the council house

  ''right to buy''
• How much of the population were council tenants in the UK AND WHEN?

  in the 1970s , almost 1/2 population of UK were council tenants
• when was thatcher prime minister?

  1979 to 1990