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Community Charge: Chief Secretary minute to Chancellor ("Safety Net") [Gummer thinks present package unsaleable and hopes to force further Treasury concessions; DOE ministers want announcement before recess; Lawson: Ridley "not seeking to reopen what has been agreed"] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1165 f111
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Executive, Parliament, Conservative Party (organization)