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Which policy is Margaret Thatcher's government best known for?
- aTaking the coal mines into public ownership
- bCreating the NHS
- cSelling many state-owned industries to private ownersCorrect answer
- dTaking the UK into the European Economic Community
Why?
Thatcher's governments privatised many nationalised industries and reduced the power of trade unions. The coal mines had been nationalised by Attlee's government, and the UK joined the EEC under Edward Heath.
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