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Community Charge: PS Chancellor minute for Treasury ('RPI') [Lawson asks for note of forecast RPI increases due to water, electricity privatisation and community charge] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1190 f116
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 14pp
Themes: Monetary policy, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)