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1985 Mar 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1560
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance; Chequers meeting on Community Charge) (Part 26)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 369
Any docs withheld?

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85 Apr 18 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 2 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 15th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs), Economic Affairs, Gas Privatisation, Legislative programme, social security review [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 9 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 16th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, social security review) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 16 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 17th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal industry, Bradford stadium fire) [most confidential record discussion of RPI] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 18th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland, local government, unemployment) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tu Major Community Charge: Baker and Waldegrave cabinet paper ("The Local Government Finance Studies: Introductory Report") [circulated as E(LF) 85 1] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tu Major Community Charge: Baker and Waldegrave cabinet paper ("The Local Government Finance Studies: Specification Report") [circulated as E(LF) 85 1] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 9 Th Minor Community Charge: Butler letter to Mayer and Letwin (non-domestic rates) [offer of modelling] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Community Charge: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local Government Finance Studies: E(LF) (85) 1, 2 and 3") [first opportunity for most ministers to discuss the DOE proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 18 Th Minor Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ("E(LF) 20 May: Meeting and Buffet Lunch") [attendees - Lawson's name added] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 25 Th Minor Community Charge: Cabinet Secretary minute for MT (evidence to be submitted to Widdicombe Inquiry) ["Central government conventions on publicity and advertising"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 22 Mo Minor Community Charge: Chief Secretary PS letter to DOE ("Local Authority Expenditure: Newspaper Article") [Chief Secretary wrote for Sunday Express] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 2 Th Minor Community Charge: Harris letter to Turnbull (speaking note) [answer to GLC charges about employment of the disabled] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu Minor Community Charge: Havers letter to Jenkin ("Abolition: Voluntary Bodies - a Trust for London") [better to use an existing organisation] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 9 Th Minor Community Charge: Havers letter to Lord Gowrie ("EC Acquired Rights Directive and the South Bank") [legal advice on issues arising from GLC abolition] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Community Charge: Heiser letter to Armstrong ("Local Government Finance Studies") [tight timetable for working up Waldegrave recommendations for May; need for cooperation among departments] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Minor Community Charge: Ibbs minute for MT ("Local government finance and education") [supports Joseph paper for E(LF)] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 20 Mo Minor Community Charge: Jenkin letter to Ridley ("New burdens on local government") [acknowledges imperfections in his list] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 28 Tu Major Community Charge: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw ("Local Government Bill") [wants to concede "an advisory/consultative planning body in London"; MT: "Why do we need ANOTHER advisory body?"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 10 We Minor Community Charge: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw ("New burdens on local government") [74 items since beginning of 94] [released Dec 2014]