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Economy: Cardona note (118th "Chancellor's Meeting") [avoid statement being seen as autumn budget] [released 2011]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Churchill Archive Centre: Adam Ridley MSS, Prayers File 4, f5
Editorial comments: There was an error here in the numbering of this series: the 5 Nov 1980 meeting is the second with that number. The long-running "Chancellor's Meeting" of ministers and special advisers, plus the Treasury whip, was colloquially known as 'Prayers'. Its function was to discuss politically sensitive business. Officials were never present, but note the wide circulation within the Treasury.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Monetary policy