1970-75: Cabinet rank Chronology

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Date	Type	Value	Author/Source	Title
70 Jun 19 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science)
70 Jun 30 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive
72 Jan 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began
72 Jan 20 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Unemployment passed 1m
72 Jan 30 Su		Key	[Chronology]	"Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry
72 Feb 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Saltley Coke depot closed by pickets
72 Feb 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath conceded miners' demands
72 Mar 21 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Budget: full scale reflation
72 Mar 22 We		Key	[Chronology]	Industry White Paper, basis of 1972 Industry Act
72 Mar 24 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began
72 Jun 23 Fr		Key	[Chronology]	Sterling floated: left European `snake' and unpegged from dollar
72 Nov 6 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Statutory control of pay, prices, dividends and rents (Phase I)
72 Dec 6 We		Key	[Chronology]	MT's White Paper published: Education: A Framework for Expansion
73 Jan 1 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Britain acceded to the European Community
73 Oct 6 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Arab-Israeli War (ended 24 Oct); oil price increased 70 per cent
73 Oct 8 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	Phase III announced: 2.25 or 7 per cent; inflation linked `threshold' payments
73 Nov 12 Mo		Key	[Chronology]	NUM overtime ban began; State of Emergency following day
73 Dec 9 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Sunningdale Agreement
73 Dec 13 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Three day week announced
74 Feb 7 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election called for 28 Feb
74 Feb 10 Su		Key	[Chronology]	Miners' strike began (ended 11 Mar)
74 Feb 28 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: no overall majority for any party
74 Mar 2 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Heath offered Liberals seats in coalition; rejected by them
74 May 15 We		Key	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May)
74 Jun 22 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Upminster speech
74 Sep 5 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Preston speech
74 Oct 10 Th		Key	[Chronology]	General Election: Labour majority of three
74 Oct 19 Sa		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph’s Edgbaston speech
74 Nov 21 Th		Key	[Chronology]	Keith Joseph told MT he would not stand for the leadership; MT decided she would
75 Feb 4 Tu		Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership first ballot: Heath resigned
70 Jul 20 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Death of Iain Macleod; Barber became Chancellor
70 Oct 27 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget
70 Oct 29 Th		Major	[Chronology]	EC entry talks began
71 Feb 4 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Rolls-Royce nationalisation announced
71 May 20 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath-Pompidou summit in Paris removed final obstacles to EC entry
71 Aug 9 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Northern Ireland: internment introduced
72 Jan 12 We		Major	[Chronology]	MT and senior officials met Heath at Chequers; reinforced her authority
72 Jul 21 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Five dockers jailed in Pentonville (decision reversed 26 Jly)
72 Aug 8 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Ugandan Asians expelled by Idi Amin
72 Sep 26 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Tripartite talks began (broke down 2 Nov)
72 Dec 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Sutton and Cheam by-election: Liberal gain from Conservatives
73 Jan 17 We		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy announced
73 Feb 28 We		Major	[Chronology]	Labour-TUC document launched the Social Contract
73 Mar 6 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Budget: introduced VAT, at 10 per cent
73 Apr 1 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Phase II of pay policy began
73 May 21 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Sex scandals hit government (Lambton resigned; Jellicoe followed (24 May))
73 Jul 26 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Ripon and Ely by-elections: Liberal gains from Conservatives
73 Dec 2 Su		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle: Whitelaw became Employment Secretary
73 Dec 17 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Emergency budget: 1200m reduction in planned expenditure
74 Jan 9 We		Major	[Chronology]	TUC offered to treat miners' pay claim as special case; rejected by government
74 Feb 5 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	NUM strike ballot: 81 per cent in favour
74 Feb 21 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Pay Board leak: miners claim consistent with Phase III
74 Feb 23 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Powell said he would vote Labour
74 Mar 11 Mo		Major	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet formed; MT shadowing Environment
74 Jun 26 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath speech on national unity theme
74 Aug 9 Fr		Major	[Chronology]	Nixon resigned over Watergate
74 Sep 18 We		Major	[Chronology]	General Election called for 10 October
74 Oct 2 We		Major	[Chronology]	Heath urged a Government "of all the talents"
74 Oct 5 Sa		Major	[Chronology]	Guildford pub bombs: five killed
74 Oct 15 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	1922 Committee met in Milk Street
74 Nov 7 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Reshuffle of Shadows: MT to assist Carr on Treasury questions
74 Nov 14 Th		Major	[Chronology]	Heath announced Home Committee to review leadership election procedure
74 Dec 17 Tu		Major	[Chronology]	Home Committee (leadership election procedure) reported
75 Jan 15 We		Major	[Chronology]	Du Cann announced he would not run for Conservative leadership
75 Jan 23 Th		Major	[Chronology]	European referendum announced; ministers free to differ

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