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Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chief Secretary ("National non-domestic rate transition") [standing committee debate on transition "went fairly well", but may need special help for small businesses] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/823 f77
Editorial comments:

Supporting follow Ridley's letter. Read documents selected from this file. Read the whole file here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Media, Parliament