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Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 30 (The Longer Term) [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: CAB129/215 f218
Editorial comments: This would appear to have been one of the documents leaked to The Economist , along with a CPRS report on the same topic. These were discussed in its issue of 18 September 1982, with incendiary political effects. See THCR 1/11/13 f8: Mountfield note, 4 June 1983. All documents relating to 1982 Cabinet meetings can be found here. All documents relating to the meeting of Cabinet at which this paper was discussed can be found here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation