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Community Charge: Peretz minute for PS Chancellor ("Community Charge and the RPI: Indexed Gilts") [advice sought from the law officers] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/824 f25
Editorial comments:

Supporting documents follow Peretz's minute. The Chancellor held a meeting on the topic on 12 May, also in this file and on the site. Read documents selected from this file. Read the whole file here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 18pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Law & order