The Modern Dispatch

1980s Britain

1 article

A lone figure stands before a desolate industrial landscape with a distant, modern city skyline, representing the economic shifts and social costs of Margaret Thatcher's policies in Britain.
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Margaret Thatcher's policies reshape Britain, fueling economic shifts.

By 1983, unemployment in Britain soared past three million, just four years after Margaret Thatcher's government began its radical economic transformation.

Jonah Kline·June 13, 2026