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Community Charge: Note by secretaries circulated to Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 6 ("Draft Green Paper on Local Authority Finance") [draft of Chapters 1 and 4, plus annex C] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: CAB134/4882 f256
Editorial comments:

E(LF)(O) was an official group which provided support to the Ministerial Cabinet Committe on Local Government Finance, E(LF). A member of MT's Policy Unit also attended on occasion. All documents from CAB134/4882 have been selected and can be read here. The papers of E(LF) are also available on this site, as is the Green Paper as published in Jan 1986 which can be read here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 43pp
Themes: Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes