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Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Rate reform: safety nets") ["Kenneth Baker has cunningly revised the 'safety net' so that it gives fewer bonuses to the North and makes life easier for London"] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1837 f235
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 30pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Parliament, Union of UK nations