Wednesday 4th August 1982
FT leak on Job Subsidies and the results of the D/Empl study of YWS done by the centre for manpower studies at Brighton
- but what can one do?
Memo to PM supporting Ken Couzens on “capping&rdquo export credit subsidies. I would prefer a complete stop - but Geoffrey [Sir Geoffrey Howe] would like a gradualist approach.
Memo to PM supporting Jim Prior’s support of Kenneth Cork to sell De Lorean and not insist on pay back of debt to Gvt of NI
Lunch Derek Hill of Mail on Sunday
KJ [Keith Joseph] - should we not be pressing for the reduction in limit labour cost - but, he said, he dare not say so because if he said it, it would be counterproductive. KJ very anxious that I stay on - you have made an enormous difference
Who is to replace me - Minford?
Richard Haas came to see me mainly about Dawson + Co Paisner etc.
Dinner with the Huttons