Poll tax riot at Trafalgar Square, photograph by James Bourne, London, 31 March 1990.
Margaret Thatcher's poll tax was a controversial new fiscal policy she attempted to implement in her final year as prime minister. Although the negative public reaction to the tax did not directly lead to her resignation, it did influence many in her party to abandon her and force her out of office.
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