The performance of local government has been the focus of considerable rhetoric since the first Thatcher administration was elected.

The Thatcher administration developed a policy of selling off the nationalised industries into private ownership, or privatisation.

The Thatcher administration had already sold off nearly all the former state-owned industries, apart from the national rail network.

The local government legislation of the Thatcher administration represents a marked change in Conservative policy.

In practice, all four of these options have been pursued by the Thatcher administrations.

The controversy surrounding the overall record of the Thatcher administration suggests that it has had a major impact.

Ultimately, the Thatcher administration acknowledged that there was a strong likelihood that the operation would fail.

In the early years of the Thatcher administration we had the Efficiency Unit.

He is particularly famous for developing the statecraft approach as a useful way of understanding the Thatcher administration.

Among his targets were the Thatcher administration, the monarchy, and Band Aid.