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Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Ridley, Lawson, Major, Wakeham, Parkinson; officials) ["1989-90 RSG Settlement" - agreed loophole requires early action to close, subject to legal advice] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/827 f40
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Executive, Judiciary, Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s meetings, MT's meetings as PM