Towards the end of 1970, heading into the 1980's, Margaret Thatcher came into power. She believed that poverty was caused by the individuals themselves. Thatcher wanted to reduce the amount of public spending. A word that Thatcher used to describe individuals being reliant on the Welfare State for income, is the Nanny State. In 1980, Britain went into recession and the unemployment rate started to rise amongst the unskilled workers. Jobs become unavailable as Thatcher was buying resources from other countries and importing them, as she believed it was cheaper. In the 1990's unemployment levels rose to 14%. Toward 1995/1996, around 4.3 million children were living in poverty and half of the children lived in a household that did not have an