article_snippet.sent: But while investors 30 years ago took overnight profits on investors stakes in privatised companies such as British Gas and British Telecom – leading critics to claim that British Telecom encouraged
article_snippet.sent: the sale would be the biggest privatisation since the 1980s when Mrs Thatcher’s government sold £3.9 billion of BT shares and £5.6 billion of British Gas shares in the famous ‘
article_snippet.sent: Thirty-three major companies were privatised under Mrs Thatcher between 1984 and 1991, which supporters said led to a dramatic improvement in supporters efficiency and a boost to tax revenues for the Treasury.
highlights_snippet.sent: The £4billion sale would be the biggest privatisation since the 1980s .