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Inflation and unemployment under Thatcher

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Both unemployment and inflation soared in the first two years of the Thatcher government though the Tories were open to a rise in the jobless figures

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Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?

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Was anybody on the People’s March for Jobs in the early 80s?

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