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Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990.
Apr 5, 2023 · Sky's Ian King ranks the UK's chancellors from the past 70 years and praises Geoffrey Howe for his radical reforms in the 1980s. He also compares Howe with Nigel Lawson, Ken Clarke and Gordon Brown.
Oct 10, 2015 · Geoffrey Howe, a Conservative British cabinet minister who advanced Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s tough economic and foreign policies in the 1980s, but who resigned and...
Oct 10, 2015 · A tribute to the former Conservative cabinet minister who resigned from Margaret Thatcher's government in 1990 over Europe. Howe was a reforming chancellor, a skilled diplomat and a proud Welshman.
Oct 10, 2015 · Watch extracts of Lord Geoffrey Howe's 1990 speech, which led to Margaret Thatcher's downfall as prime minister. He resigned over her EU policy and criticised her leadership style.
Oct 10, 2015 · Geoffrey Howe, who served as Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet minister, died in 2015 at 88. He was praised for his economic reforms, his resignation speech that weakened Thatcher's leadership, and his integrity and kindness.
Oct 11, 2015 · Howe was a key ally and adviser of Margaret Thatcher in her economic reforms, but also a critic and rival who helped bring her down. He was a lawyer, a liberal Conservative and a pioneer of privatisation and monetarism.
