Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (0845-0940Z) (MT-Major-Lamont-Patten-Portillo) [MT: "with community charge at the present level, the system was leading to an intolerable burden"] [released Dec 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/3064 f74 |
| Editorial comments: | The form of this document, a "note for the record" rather than the usual Private Secretary letter despatched to the offices of attending ministers, suggests it was considered too sensitive to circulate outside No.10. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. |
| Importance ranking: | Key |
| Word count: | 4pp |
| Themes: | MT's meetings as PM, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes, Conservatism, Conservative Party (organization), Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Community charge (“poll tax”), Local government, Local government finance |
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