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Community Charge: Letwin minute for Addison ("Local Authority Capital Spending: Audit Commission Report") [in line with Waldegrave proposals for "one, simple control of net borrowing ... absolute freedom for local authorities to raise and spend money on capital projects as they see fit"] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1560 f271
Editorial comments:

Roy Thomason's letter folows the minute. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)