Packet 12: Tossup 18

The first of two Housing Acts passed under this leader introduced assured shorthold tenancy. Municipal policies of this leader, like the abolition of MCCs outlined in the white paper “Streamlining the Cities,” led local governments to organize the “rate-capping rebellion.” A policy introduced by this leader caused the Militant tendency to organize “the Fed,” which embraced the slogan “can’t pay, won’t pay.” Under this leader, (15[1])schools began to be regulated through the anti-LGBT (*) Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which abolished a Greater Council led by “Red” Ken Livingstone. This leader was ousted after the intense backlash over the flat Community Charge, derisively called the “poll tax.”. For 10 points, name this Prime Minister of the U.K. who passed neoliberal reforms following the “Winter of Discontent” of 1979? ■END■

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