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Community Charge: Katharine Ramsay letter to Brian Griffiths (manifesto draft) [Nick Ridley comments - commit to minimum 20 per cent charge, to blunt Labour attacks] [released Oct 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/7/5/16 f117
Editorial comments:

The letter was written in advance of the annual Conservative Local Government Conference.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 10pp
Themes: Environment, Housing, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), General Elections, Conservative Party (organization), Labour Party & socialism