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Local Government: Ridley minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant") [arrangements for winding up existing system following introduction of community charge; John Major's concerns about legal challenges from local authorities] [declassified July 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2302 f65
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 15pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Judiciary, Parliament, Union of UK nations