All news on the topic: Margaret Thatcher

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

Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sir Tony Blair and Sir John Major attended the national Remembrance Sunday service - though Ms Truss did not lay a wreath during her 49-day premiership

While Rishi Sunak was not represented anywhere in the shop’s stock - party faithful could pick up any number of Thatcher-branded novelties, including tote bags, a Christmas jumper and matching baubles

Kevin Horne, now 74, was one of 95 miners arrested at the Battle of Orgreave on June 18, 1984, the most violent clash between pickets and police during the Miners’ Strike

Brits flying into France will soon be arriving at the Elizabeth II International Airport of Le Touquet Paris-Plage after a request to name it after the late monarch was approved

The late Queen struck fear into Margaret Thatcher and the Tory ex-Prime Minister required a stiff drink before meeting her, according to a former political editor of the Times