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Community Charge: Chief Secretary record of conversation (Major - Ridley, Howard) ["Rate Support Grant, 1989-90 and Capital Receipts" - agreement reached; Lawson - "So far so good. Vital now that this be made to stick"] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/826 f261
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Executive, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s meetings