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Community Charge: Fowler letter to Chancellor ("Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee Report") [recommends Community Charge be included in RPI in similar way to rates] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1189 f43
Editorial comments:

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 31pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)