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Community Charge: Chancellor minute to Chief Secretary ("1988 Public Expenditure Survey Post Mortem") [Lawson questions "somewhat absurd" suggestion money GDP will fall 1.75 percent in 1990 owing to intro of charge] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1189 f21
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Social security & welfare, Economic policy - theory and process, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)