The Scotsman cartoon: Poll tax revelation
The new evidence reveals Scottish secretary George Younger played a strong role in persuading the PM to introduce poll tax - officially called the community charge - as opposed to one based on property.
Conservative Party figures have always insisted the tax was introduced in Scotland first purely to avoid another rates revaluation.
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