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163: 216: 72: 99: 25: 95: 49: 118: 286: 76: 281: 83: 276: 296: 291: 200: 301: 110: 45: 257: 162: 148: 130: 71:. A 90-day freeze of pay and prices (as well as rents and dividends) was introduced on 6 November 1972 under the 57: 134: 193: 140: 250: 37: 186: 169:
This article related to government in the United Kingdom or its constituent countries is a
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Innovation and Industrial Strength In the UK, West Germany, United States and Japan
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The Conservatives' economic policy was not successful, and the government took a
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Controls on prices were abolished soon after the Conservatives under
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The Conservatives were unable to keep power after the inconclusive
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Government measures in the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1980
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in November 1970, shortly after taking power, relying on
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UK
Counter-Inflation Act 1973
inflation
Conservative
Edward Heath
1970 general election
Prices and Incomes Board
competition
Industrial Relations Act 1971
trades unions
U-turn
Counter-Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972
Price and Pay Code
February 1974 UK general election
Labour
Harold Wilson
Price Commission Act 1977
Price Commission (Amendment) Act 1979
Margaret Thatcher
1979 general election
repealed
Competition Act 1980
Government measures in the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1980
Innovation and Industrial Strength In the UK, West Germany, United States and Japan
Policy Studies Institute
ISBN
0-85374-458-0
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stub
expanding it

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