Margaret Hilda Thatcher27 August 1980
Registered unemployment passes two million during the recession.
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Registered unemployment passes two million during the recession.
Howe defends the Government's anti-inflation strategy despite a substantial rise in unemployment.
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