1990 - Michael Heseltine, action for cities (AFC), during Margaret Thatcher's Third Term in government. Leeds GB. AFC aim was to help cities prosper by encouraging enterprise and civic pride. Credit: Garry Clarkson/Alamy
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Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933) is a British politician and businessman. Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket. Heseltine served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001, and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including serving as Deputy Prime Minister under the latter. Heseltine became the troubleshooter to deal with the explosion of violence in Britain's inner cities in the aftermath of the Brixton and Toxteth riots of 1981 and the governments action for Cities policy drive of Thatcher's final term. " inner city policy was interconnected with hostility towards local authorities also became increasingly direct, as the government moved the crosshairs of their focus onto local authorities in their last term: ‘The next major institution to be reformed by the Government – the first two having been the trade unions and the nationalised industries – should be local government.’92 This was also the term of the poll tax and Thatcher’s downfall". Saumarez Smith, O. 2019, "Action for Cities: the Thatcher government and inner-city policy", Urban History. Following Sir Geoffrey Howe's resignation speech in November 1990, Heseltine challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party, polling well enough to deny her an outright victory on the first ballot. After Thatcher's subsequent resignation, Heseltine then lost to John Major on the second ballot, but returned to the Cabinet when Major became Prime Minister. https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107188