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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Nigel Lawson taught me preparation needed to make radical change, says PM

Rishi Sunak wrote about the lessons he learned from the Tory former chancellor.

The Independent UK

A committed unbeliever: Nigel Lawson left the Tory party a complex, divisive legacy

Lesser politicians still try to emulate the clever contrarianism of Thatcher’s chancellor. That’s risky, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Y Sŵn: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Y Sŵn on S4C and BBCiPlayer is drama about those who took on Margaret Thatcher to fight for a Welsh-language TV channel.

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How Nigel Lawson turned postwar economic consensus on its head

Former chancellor fundamentally changed the UK economy during his six-year stint at the Treasury, and not much has changed since then

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Lawson obituary

One of the most influential postwar Conservative chancellors seen as the main architect of Thatcher’s radical economic reforms

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Nigel Lawson’s legacy: boom, bust and a national treasure

It usually comes back to inflation. Study any period of British history from 1945 onwards, and there’s a good chance you’ll spot ministers making strange and sometimes desperate decisions in the name of taming – or often to avoid taming – rapidly rising prices.

Evening Standard

A brief history of school meals in the UK: from free milk to Jamie Oliver's campaign against Turkey Twizzlers

Mashed potato, gravy, custard. When British people hear the words “school dinners”, it’s not always great memories that come to mind.

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Who was Nigel Lawson? Nigella Lawson’s father and Thatcher cabinet minister dies

Lawson, a former journalist, was the father of six, including celebrity chef Nigella Lawson

Evening Standard

Tributes continue from Tory grandees following death of Nigel Lawson

Former prime minister Sir John Major said Baron Lawson of Blaby will be ‘long remembered’.

The Independent UK

Free-market ex-UK Treasury chief Nigel Lawson dies

Nigel Lawson, the tax-cutting U.K. Treasury chief under the late Margaret Thatcher and a lion of Conservative politics in the late 20th century has died

The Independent UK

Former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

Conservative former chancellor Nigel Lawson, father to six children including celebrity cook and food writer Nigella Lawson, has died at the age of…

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Lawson, UK chancellor in Thatcher boom years, dies at 91

Nigel Lawson, the chancellor of the exchequer who presided over the boom-and-bust of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s, has died. He was 91.

Tribune News Service

Nigel Lawson: Margaret Thatcher’s ‘unassailable’ chancellor who quit in acrimony

Chancellor from 1983 to 1989, he was widely credited with winning the 1987 election for the government through the success of his economic strategy.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says Nigel Lawson was an ‘inspiration’ to Tory politicians

Tributes flooded in for the leading Brexiteer after his reported death on Monday.

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Thatcher-era chancellor Nigel Lawson dies at age of 91

MPs pay tribute to ‘a fearless and original flame of free-market Conservatism’

The Independent UK

Tributes to Tory ‘giant’ Nigel Lawson after his death

The former MP and leading Brexiteer served in Margaret Thatcher’s government and sat in the House of Lords until his retirement in December.

The Guardian - UK

‘This is a real moment’: Netflix series cements rise of Welsh language drama

Forty years after marches and a hunger strike threat led to a dedicated Cymraeg channel, the launch of a Cardiff crime caper shows drama from Wales has come into its own

The Guardian - UK

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The Conversation

Rising inflation will continue to cause political headaches for the government, but also for the Bank of England

The Bank of England raised its main interest rate for the eleventh time in a row to 4.25% at its March meeting. At its previous meeting in February the Bank was optimistic about the prospects for inflation in the coming year, saying: “We expect inflation to fall quickly this year.”

Daily Mirror

'Nicola Sturgeon will triumph again as her iron grip has inspired a generation of women'

Nicola Sturgeon, once described by London Right-Wing media as "the most dangerous woman in Britain", had ample qualities and strengths, writes political columnist Paul Routledge

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how a false name nearly exposed IRA plot to kill Margaret Thatcher

Why did the Brighton bomber, Patrick Magee, risk all by checking into the Grand hotel under the pseudonym of a fellow IRA member?

Liverpool Echo

'Exciting' moment mum was 'suddenly number one all over the world'

The singer is returning to Liverpool for an anniversary concert

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer panned by SNP after saying Margaret Thatcher was 'right'

PEOPLE in Scotland will be appalled to hear that Keir Starmer said Margaret Thatcher was “right”, the SNP’s depute leader…

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer hails Margaret Thatcher as ‘right’ on crime as he launches Labour’s law and order plan

The Labour leader vowed his proposals would halve knife crime, reduce levels of violence against women and see more offenders prosecuted

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's lost businesses that caused controversy in the city

Some of the businesses caused quite a stir

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