Lawson's resignation in October 1989, after years of
disagreement with Thatcher on key aspects of policy - especially
over the EU - plunged her Conservative government into a crisis
from which it did not recover until she resigned a year later.
(Reporting by Muvija M and William Schomberg; editing by Kate
Holton)
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LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - Nigel Lawson, a former
British finance minister who was an architect of Margaret
?Thatcher's economic reforms but fell out with her over the
European Union, has died at the age of 91, The Telegraph
newspaper reported on Monday.
Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1983 and 1989, Lawson
championed wider share ownership, lower personal taxes and free
market economics, forming the backbone of Thatcher's vision for
Britain in the 1980s.
But he was ultimately blamed for failing to control a
boom that ended in a surge in interest rates and a deep
recession.
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