Catalogue Number
NMLH.2021.27
Object Name
Poster
Title
Poll Tax by order of H.M. Government
Description
Poll Tax poster 'Sandwell Against the Poll Tax'
In poor condition. White paper yellowing, creased throughout, torn along top and left sides.
Black text on white paper reads 'BY ORDER OF H.M GOVERNMENT THE FACTS OBTAIN YOUR FREE LEAFLET AT LEISURE CENTRES, LIBRARIES, BATHS, HOUSING OFFICES, COUNCIL OFFICES. SANDWELL WEST MIDLANDS'
Poster produced by Sandwell Council in the West Midlands as the councellors felt very strongly that the new Community Charge, dubbed the 'Poll Tax', introduced by Margrat Thatcher's Conservative Government in the late 1980s would unfairly penilise working class residents of the borough. It was part of a series of leaflets and other information about it.
