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Community Charge: MT letter to Lord Rothschild (thanks for report on Local Authority Finance) ["Your contribution ... has had precisely the effect which I hoped for. ... fresh eye ... incisive approach ... I hope that you will keep a fatherly eye on the infant's development"] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1560 f337
Editorial comments:

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Health policy, Social security & welfare, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Executive, Conservatism