Was the 1851 repeal of the Window Tax Britain's first proper victory for ordinary people over the taxman?
Introduced in 1696 and finally scrapped in 1851, the Window Tax literally left Britons living in the dark for 155 years. Some historians call its repeal a quiet revolution in fairness β others say it's a footnote we've blown out of proportion.
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