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Public spending: Cabinet Secretary minute for MT (“Cabinet: Public Expenditure Survey 1982”) [“Public expenditure as a % of GDP has been rising steadily since 1979”] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/717 f261
Editorial comments: The covering note is by Michael Scholar, Private Secretary responsible for economics at No.10. Relevant supporting document follows the main item.The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. Read other documents selected from this file.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 57pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Public spending & borrowing