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Community Charge: Tyrie minute for Lawson ("Kenneth Baker on the Community Charge") [extract from interview with Brian Walden] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1191 f137
Editorial comments:

MT was shown the full transcript by Ingham and commented: “Not a good interview – just brow-beating” (THCR 5/2/365 f4). It was broadcast on 17 September. Read documents selected from this file. Read the whole file here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 44pp
Themes: Social security & welfare, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Media, Parliament, Conservative Party (organization)