Anti-poll tax badge; 1990; BA018
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Name/Title
Anti-poll tax badge
Anti-poll tax badge
About this object
The Community Charge, known as the Poll Tax, was system of personal taxation for local government in the UK that replaced the local authority rates system in 1990 and was replaced by the Council Tax in 1993. Its brief tenure was due to its overwhelming unpopularity: it replaced a house value-based tax with a flat rate charge regardless of income. Opposition was widespread and took the form of direct resistance, including non-payment campaigns, centred on local 'anti-poll tax unions'. Demonstrations against the tax culminated on 31 March 1990 (the eve of the tax's introduction in England) in a march of a quarter of a million people to Trafalgar Square which ended in violent clashes with the police.
The Community Charge, known as the Poll Tax, was system of personal taxation for local government in the UK that replaced the local authority rates system in 1990 and was replaced by the Council Tax in 1993. Its brief tenure was due to its overwhelming unpopularity: it replaced a house value-based tax with a flat rate charge regardless of income. Opposition was widespread and took the form of direct resistance, including non-payment campaigns, centred on local 'anti-poll tax unions'. Demonstrations against the tax culminated on 31 March 1990 (the eve of the tax's introduction in England) in a march of a quarter of a million people to Trafalgar Square which ended in violent clashes with the police.
Date Made
1990
1990
Medium and Materials
Metal, paper, clear plastic
Metal, paper, clear plastic
Object number
BA018
BA018
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