All news on the topic: Margaret Thatcher

Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.

Lord Deben, who was Tory chairman while Margaret Thatcher was PM, said the Iron Lady wouldn't have approved of the current Government saying it's 'not conservative'

Former Home Secretary Ken Clarke is the latest Margaret Thatcher-era Tory grandee to hit out at the Rwanda Bill, which he told the House of Lords is 'extremely dangerous'

When miners started being arrested on demos during 1984, their wives joined them and spoke of the cause around the country.

Miley Cyrus sported a huge bouffant at the Grammy Awards last night, with her even getting compared to the likes of Tina Turner, Margaret Thatcher and Kurt Russell by fans

There are painful parallels with 1984 as spiteful Tory anti-trade union legislation culminates in the new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act, which could mean some workers losing their jobs for striking

Fire Brigades Union leader Matt Wrack is calling on the Government to overturn convictions from the 1984 Miners' Strike and offer compensation

As Tory MPs demand an urgent review, the MoD refuses to bin the dodgy data and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak still won't talk to survivors

A new poll has revealed the nation's top 10 favourite speeches with 77% saying they are brought to tears by the best orators

Margaret Thatcher’s truncheon-wielding army of police cracked heads and mass arrested pickets in infamous scenes outside the coking works in South Yorkshire

"Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Rishi Sunak, unflushables like Nigel Farage, and even the Labour front bench have burned the phrase ‘stop the boats’ so deeply into the media discourse that presenters inadvertently help the haters by using it routinely."

Labour leader Keir Starmer admitted he regrets not talking to his dad about the distance between them before he died in 2018 - three years after he was elected to Parliament

Marcia Williams made herself indispensable as the personal and political ­secretary of Labour’s first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, but it ended in scandal, poverty and disgrace

Margaret Thatcher divided the nation but her life is set to be told in an upcoming biopic with filming expected to begin in the New Year with casting yet to begin

Karen Schmit, 63, was set to sell her ironing board when people online spotted the face of ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher burnt into it, and decided to take it off sale

Mayors from across the country including Andy Burnham call on the Government to abandon their attack on the right to strike as TUC holds first special conference in 40 years

"His Ken Dodd hair had been given an extra ruffling to convince us that, as he spluttered 19 times 'I don’t remember' and failed to account for the loss of 5,000 WhatsApp messages, it was down to him being a befuddled Private Godfrey figure'

Greater Manchester has become the first region of England to regain control and its mayor, Labour’s Andy Burnham, hopes for cheaper fares and better services on the Bee Network

Labour leader Keir Starmer sparked a row by hailing the divisive Tory PM Margaret Thatcher for bringing about 'meaningful change' and 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'

As Rishi Sunak’s party continues to languish in the polls, Keir Starmer appealed to disaffected Conservatives, saying Labour would “extend the hand of friendship to you, no matter where you are or who you have voted for in the past”.

This Thatcher worship to woo Conservative voters blurs the unpalatable consequences of Right-wing Conservatism that people suffer today - eg dirty water and big bills from her privatisation – so lets the Tories off the hook

In comments that risk enraging parts of his party, Labour leader Keir Starmer hailed Tory ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was among British political leaders paying tribute to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who has died aged 100

Documents show civil servants demanding rewrites of a scientific analysis, over fears it would give nuclear veterans "a bonanza"

Right-wing populist Javier Melei might become the world's most far-out and maverick leader after winning more than 55 percent of the vote to become Argentina's new president