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Community Charge: Cropper note for Lawson ("Chancellor") [Ridley's line on community charge as a tax; leak of No.10 document] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/824 f73
Editorial comments:

The photocopy follows Cropper's note in the file but may not be connected with it. Cropper was a long-standing adviser to Lawson. Read documents selected from this file. Read the whole file here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Media, Parliament