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What did Michael Portillo do in government?
In 1987, Portillo was given his first ministerial post, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security
Did Michael Portillo have any other government roles besides his role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security?
Afterwards, he was promoted to Minister of State for Transport
What kinds of issues was Michael Portillo involved in?
In 1990, Portillo was appointed Minister of State for Local Government, in which post he argued in favour of the ultimately highly unpopular Community Charge system (the Poll Tax).

Question: Did he receive any other criticism on other issues?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Michael Portillo receive any other criticism on other issues besides the poll tax?