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Demonstrators Lobby Mrs Margaret Thatcher At The Town Hall About The Government's Cut Back On Free School Milk

1971 , Ipswich (Suffolk)

Cat no. 150874

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Anglia TV news footage of demonstrators outside Ipswich Town Hall at a visit by Secretary of State for Education Margaret Thatcher, following the Conservative government's proposal to abolish free school milk for juniors.

Protestors gather and line the pavement in Ipswich town centre carrying placards. One placard reads “Tories Attack Living Standards”. Secretary of State for Education, Margaret Thatcher, arrives by car and climbs the steps to the Town Hall. Exterior view of Halifax Primary School sign and building. At the school entrance stand Mrs Thatcher, the Mayor and two men. They enter the school building.

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Halifax Primary School, Ipswich.

Keywords

Conservative Party; Members of Parliament; Protests And Demonstrations.

Background Information

Margaret Thatcher was appointed as Secretary of State for Education and Science, following the Conservative Party winning the 1970 general election under Ted Heath. As a result of the party’s attempts to cut spending, Thatcher abolished school milk for juniors (schoolchildren aged seven to eleven). This decision caused a storm of protest, leading to the moniker “Margaret Thatcher, Milk Snatcher”. Thatcher became party leader and Leader of the Opposition on 11 February 1975. Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister on 4 May 1979.

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Demonstrators Lobby Mrs Margaret Thatcher At The Town Hall About The Government's Cut Back On Free School Milk

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