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
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
Between 1979 and 1981, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher presided over an unprecedented economic recession that devastated manufacturing industry
The 1981 riots presented the news media of the time with a huge challenge covering live events around the country that sprang up at a moment’s notice
As mass unemployment returns after Covid, Tony McMahon looks back at unemployment in the 1980s which scaled horrific heights
The movie Back to the Future featured a DeLorean car but behind that story was a real-life scandal in Northern Ireland as Tony McMahon discovers
The 1981 Moss Side riot followed on from similar violence in Toxteth, Brixton and Southall but was largely over in 48 hours
Youth unemployment skyrocketed between 1979 and 1983 and hundreds of youth travelled the country on the Jobs Express to highlight their plight
Unemployment was so bad even an ex-mayor was out of work
During the 1981 riots there were attempts by the media and politicians to blame left-wing agitators for the violence that erupted in UK cities
What young people were thinking in 1981