Two poll taxes4 had previously been ... 17th Century - The 1647 Corn excise tax riots, which started in Smithfields Market in London after a farmer refused to pay the tax and was supported by ...

The poll tax - whose official name was the Community ... However it proved unpopular, with many refusing to pay it, riots in London and a rebellion in the Conservative Party which contributed ...

So on this most contrived and commercial of days, here are some of London's kissers ... this couple are snogging in the middle of 1990's poll tax riots in Trafalgar Square. At the end of March ...

During the jaunt, aimed at boosting London's tourist industry ... compared events in China's Tiananmen Square to the poll tax riots, during a visit to Beijing. Mr Khan managed to avoid saying ...

It was the year of the Happy Mondays, Madchester, Mutant Turtles, Mandela's release, the Gulf War, Poll Tax riots, Betty Boo, MC Hammer, the Stone Roses, Vanilla Ice and watching Neighbours twice ...

Damian Chunilal London W2 SIR – It was Tony Blair ... SIR – In 1990 I led an investigation into the poll tax riots, in which ...

This isn't a new phenomenon; Britain has seen its share of unrest-from the Gordon Riots of 1780 to the Poll Tax Riots of 1990 ... The chaos even has a surprising tourism boost. Who needs the London ...

More than half of public blame Tory governments for riots - poll More than half of Britons ... Asked about her tax policy ahead of her first budget on 30 October, she said she would look to ...

with rates in central London often some of the cheapest, and those in more rural areas usually higher. Current laws stipulate that any local authority wanting to raise council tax by 5% or more ...

Jane Lunnon, head of Alleyn’s School in Dulwich, south London, which charges fees of ... I knew about the Poll Tax riots and had a ‘Free Nelson Mandela’ badge in the way you did if you ...

Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) defended Democrats’ opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, calling it a “modern poll tax” in an interview on NewsNation’s “The ...

Starmer’s government was elected with extremely low support and a shallow social base. The latest Ipsos poll tracking Starmer ...