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Community Charge: Paymaster General note for Chancellor (end of dual running) [quotes Walpole - "They now ring the bells, but they will soon wring their hands"] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/482 f154
Editorial comments:

Peter Brooke was Paymaster General at this point, a famously shrewd observer of politics and humanity in general. Tyrie followed up: see next page. Read documents selected from this file. Read the whole file here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)