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Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Thorneycroft and Pym attacking Howe; great pressure to increase spending and reduce fuel prices][released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
Editorial comments: Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 18
Themes: Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing, Media

Saturday 1st August 1981

Thorneycroft and Pym attacking Geoffrey [Sir Geoffrey Howe] - great pressure to increase spending and reduce fuel prices.