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| Date | Category |
Type |
Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 88 Oct 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to MT ("Harmonisation of Rating: The Contractors Basis") [bringing Scottish practice into line with English practice] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to John Major ("Harmonisation of Rating: The Contractor's Basis") [danger of laying ourselves open to attack] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Harmonisation of Rating: The Contractors Basis") [average level of rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 28 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge: Publicity") [draft booklet and leaflets] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Harmonisation of Rating: The Contractor's Basis") [concerns with proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rating") [avoid shift in tax burden] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 15 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to John Major ("Non Domestic Rating: Decapitalisation Rate and Ring-Fencing the Yield from Private Business Rates") [common figure for Britain] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [proposals for system in Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [avoid creating cliff-edge effect] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 19 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [regulations on deductions and disclosure] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [deduction regulations] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Aug 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [need to operate scheme sensitively] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [gains and losses balancing out overall] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [provisions need to be in place in good time] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 15 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [need to protect business losers in the South] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Non-Domestic Rating") [proposals shift tax burden onto business ratepayers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge Bill") [consult local authority associations] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge Bill") [specific grants] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge Bill") [dealing with specific grants] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Paul Gray ("The Community Charge: Publicity") [supplementary leaflets] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("The Community Charge Bill") [want ratepayers to see whether councils are high or low spending] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge Bill") [presentation of the safety net] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Community Charge and the RPI") [forthcoming discussions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [limits of exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [registration regulations] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 11 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [exemption for nurses following project 2000 courses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Aug 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Moore PS ("Retail Prices Index") [inclusion of Community Charge in RPI] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Aug 20 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Peter Lilley ("Rate Support Grant Bill") [will not press for exceptional treatment for storm damage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Folwer minute to Nigel Lawson ("Community Charge and the RPI") [no indication to be given of agenda of RPI committee] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nigel Lawson ("Rate Reform: Government Valuation Services") [system in Scotland from 1990/91] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Fowler PS ("RPI - Abolition of Domestic Rates") [press office statement on implications] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Norman Fowler ("Community Charge: RPI") [essential for it to be included in the RPI] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Peter Walker ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [limits of exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Norman Fowler ("Community Charge and the RPI") [effect of new system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Ridley PS ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [limits of exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge and the RPI") [possible solutions to question of inclusion in RPI] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [support Ridley's proposals against Major] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [supports proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [incentive for economy] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Aug 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Norman Fowler (Community Charge and the RPI) [membership of RPI committee] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Sep 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Norman Fowler ("RPI - Abolition of Domestic Rates") [dangerous to announce that RPI committee would discuss Community Charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [compromise between divergent business interests] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Aug 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: MT letter to Mr Burman (business rates) [concerns of Scottish business community] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Oct 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Norman Fowler ("Community Charge - RPI") [should be included in the RPI] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Wakeham PS ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1989/90") [statement on government's decisions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Exemptions") [homeless, people staying in hostels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Ridley PS ("Community Charge: Exemption for Severely Mentally Handicapped People") [scope of exemption and extension to Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 22 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Timing on Non-Domestic Revaluations") [phasing in of changes] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Paul Gray ("Local Government Finance Bill: Community Charge Rebates") [reduction in slope of the rebate taper] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray to Ridley PS ("Community Charge and Rent Rebates") [speaking note] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Hurd PS minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running of Domestic Rates and the Community Charge in London") [abandon rates from 1990] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Dual Running") [paying two local taxes would be unpopular] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Rebates") [implications of proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Dual Running of Domestic Rates and the Community Charge in London") [do away with rates in 1990] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Churches") [impact on church finances] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Exemption for Severely Mentally Handicapped People") [widen the definition] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Paul Gray ("Community Charge: Remand Prisoners") [proposed exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [rebates for the disabled, treatment of charities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 4 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Community Charge") [exemptions for individuals in short-stay hostels, student nurses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [grounds for cautious optimism] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running of Domestic Rates and the Community Charge in London") [will be criticism from poorer households] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Project 2000: Student Nurses and the Community Charge") [treatment of full-time student nurses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [homeless people, people in hostels, volunteers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Exemptions") [proposal for exempting volunteers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Rebates") [proposals too expensive] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Compensation within Income Support for Minimum Contribution to Community Charge") [set at a level seen to be realistic] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Moore ("Project 2000: Student Nurses and the Community Charge") [status of trainee nurses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [contribution to local services] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Harmonisation of Rating England/Wales and Scotland") [taking the issue seriously] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running of Domestic Rates and the Community Charge in London") [new plans must not lead to additional calls on the Exchequer] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running of Domestic Rates and the Community Charge in London") [delete provisions for dual running] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [homeless people, people in hostels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [homeless people] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Government Valuation Services") [properties occupied by the government] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [homeless people] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Project 2000 - Student Nurses and the Community Charge") [eligibility for discount] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("Harmonisation of Rating England/Wales and Scotland") [national uniform business rate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Project 2000: Student Nurses and the Community Charge") [assuming student nurses will come under student criteria] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Mackay minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Legal Aid for Appeals against Civil Penalties") [legal aid should be available] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley (Local Government Finance Bill) [grants to local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [anomalies within the system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John Major ("Project 2000: Student Nurses and the Community Charge") [income tests] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Lord Mackay ("Community Charge: Legal Aid for Appeals against Civil Penalties") [costs might exceed sums at issue] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [student nurses, rating system in Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions: Volunteers") [definition and administrative arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: British Chambers of Commerce letter to Paul Gray (non-domestic rates) [application to Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 20 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Harmonisation of Rating: England/Wales and Scotland") [business rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Moore ("Compensation within Income Support for Minimum Contribution to Community Charge") [treatment of couples, the under 25s] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Community Charge") [student nurses, short-stay hostels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 17 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Major PS minute to Ridley PS ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Consideration of Commons Reasons") [exemptions, amounts involved] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [concessions for disabled people, charities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ian Lang minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions: Volunteers") [reservations about proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Moore ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Consideration of Commons Reasons") [rebates for the disabled] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Douglas Hurd ("Rate and Precept Limitation in 1989/90: Arrangements for Joint Authorities") [implications of legal advice] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge: Lords Amendments") [student nurses, hostels, the disabled, charities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [charities, student nurses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to MT ("Harmonisation of Rating: England/Wales and Scotland") [common non-domestic poundage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to John Moore ("Compensation within Income Support for Minimum Contribution to Community Charge") [public spending consequences] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 22 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Compensation within Income Support for Minimum Contribution to Community Charge") [treatment for the under 25s] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendment") [student nurses, short-stay hostels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John MacGregor (Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments) [horse breeding] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Consideration of Commons Amendments") [need to ensure government is not defeated again] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Hurd PS minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions: Volunteers") [government is keen to encourage volunteering] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Local Government Finance Bill: Lords Amendments") [student nurses, hostels, the disabled, charities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 1 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: MT letter to British Chambers of Commerce (Uniform Business Rate) [differences between England and Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 May 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge: Remand Prisoners") [proposed exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 15 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions: Volunteers") [subject of controversy] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 20 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray (minimum contribution) [basic point that the rich pay more] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Belstead minute to MT ("Community Charge: Exemptions") [treatment of volunteers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jun 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions") [minimum needed to avoid defeat] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jul 28 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nigel Lawson ("Community Charge - RPI") [no agreement yet] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet office minute to MT ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge [E(LF) (88)8]") [arrangements in London] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 24 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Timing of Non-Domestic Revaluations") [every five years] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: British Chambers of Commerce letter to MT (Uniform Business Rate) [flaws in the proposal] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Apr 24 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [exclusion of Westminster and Kensington] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [arrangements for defaults on charges] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [court order option] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to John Moore ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Income Support Records and Attachment of Benefit") [information for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions") [information for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Valuation for Rating: The 'ADDIS' and 'CAKEBIRD' Cases") [compensation for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Fowler PS ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel") [compensation for local variations in the charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray note to Ridley PS ("National Non-Domestic Rates: Operation of the Pool") [use of the Consolidated Fund] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 31 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [resource consequences for courts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [information for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Income Support Records and Attachment of Benefit") [information for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Wakeham minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Parliamentary Statement on ADDIS, Cakebread and Leasing") [scope of Local Government Finance Bill] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rates Reform Bill") [timetable for legislation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Barnet and Bromley") [concern with extent of rate increase] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Transition to the Community Charge") [safety net and dual-running] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Transition to the Community Charge") [decision on arrangements primarily a political one] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("A Banded Community Charge: Proposal Supported by Sir George Young Et Al") [arguments against proposal] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rating") [alternatives to a contingency margin] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge Transitional Arrangements") [dual-running] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Meeting of E(LF) on Thursday, 4 February") [religious orders, disclosure of information] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Mark Addison minute to MT (banded Community Charge) [defects with the proposal] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 25 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rate Transition") [limit on annual increase] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge: Transition") [impact on individuals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Patrick Mayhew minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Valuation for Rating: The 'ADDIS' and 'Cakebread' Cases") [need to reverse judgements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Wakeham PS ("Parliamentary Statement on ADDIS, Cakebread and Leasing") [amendments to Local Government Finance Bill] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Community Charge") [treatment of servicemen, social security] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Students and the Community Charge") [collecting the charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to MT ("Rate Rises") [Audit Commission information] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 24 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Rate Reform: Caravans") [arrangements for England, Scotland, Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Cope minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rate Transition") [impact on small firms] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Nicholas Ridley ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Transition") [arrangements should be complete by 1995 revaluation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Students and the Community Charge") [registration arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("National Non-Domestic Rates: Operation of the Pool") [a pool operated at arm's length] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 24 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rate Transition") [spreading the increases over five years] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 17 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley to Kenneth Baker ("Students and the Community Charge") [registration arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Fowler PS minute to Ridley PS ("Local Government Finance Bill: Help With Community Charge") [draft announcement] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [liability of income-support recipients] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Peter Walker ("Community Charge: Women's Refuges") [disclosure of information] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Local Authority Finance and Housing: Recent Proposals from Mr. Ridley") [non-domestic rate transition, privatisation, cash incentives] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("National Non Domestic Rates: Operation of the Pool") [independent fund managed by NILO] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("The Community Charge: Members of Religious Orders") [salaried monks and nuns] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge: Members of Religious Orders") [exemption for salaried orders] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("National Non Domestic Rate Transition") [supplementary poundage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("National Non Domestic Rate Transition") [special scheme for small firms] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Local Government Finance Bill: Fees and Charges") [introduce provisions in an amendment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Safety Nets") [criticism about arrangements in England] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Valuation for Rating: The 'ADDIS' and 'CAKEBIRD' Cases") [burden on local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Students and the Community Charge") [registration and payment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [administrative costs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Treatment of Members of Religious Orders") [80 percent exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge in Scotland: Safety Nets") [safety net to be self-financing] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("National Non Domestic Rates: Operation of the Pool") [accounting for cash flows] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rating Reform: Scottish Provisions") [cross-border provisions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind( "Local Government Finance Bill: Scottish Provisions") [transitional arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 25 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Students and the Community Charge") [registration and payment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [income support levels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Women's Refuges") [indirect provision] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Ridley PS ("The Community Charge: Members of Religious Orders") [treatment of salaried monks and nuns] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("The Community Charge: Treatment of Members of Religious Orders [E(LF) (88)1]") [extent of exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Scottish Provisions") [mitigate effects of extreme increases in rateable value] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge: Members of Religious Orders") [who should benefit from exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Treatment of Members of Religious Orders") [defining who gets special treatment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Women's Refuges") [danger from names being made public] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [defaulters should be treated alike] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Major PS minute to Ridley PS ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Transition") [risk of rebellion from Conservative MPs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel") [compensation for people on low income] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nicholas Scott ("Local Government Finance Bill Help With Community Charge") [possible announcement] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Mar 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("The Community Charge: Members of Religious Orders") [extent of exemption] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel") [comparison with arrangements for people on low income] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill Help With Community Charge") [rebates and compensation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [civil rather than criminal penalties] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 18 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [arrangement for appeals in Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebate levels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [responsibilities to fall on an individual or local authority] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 14 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [statement on policy intentions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [do something to protect owners] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [poundage options] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep all options open] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Treatment of Buoyancy") [how to treat growth in total rateable values] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 11 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [special provision for caravans] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [consensus that domestic rates should be aboliished but no consensus on what should take their place] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of the courts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep residents liable] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jan 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [unhappy with applying Rifkind's proposals in England] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [logic is that everyone should pay the charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jun 29 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [authorities should not have discretion to waive penalties] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Students and the Community Charge") [should be exempted] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [treatment of students] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Penalties") [resource implications of appeals system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [proposals to be made public] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [penalty for individuals who repeatedly refuse to supply information] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [enforcement of payment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 17 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [Rifkind's proposals for rebate system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Douglas Hurd ("Community Charge: Appeals") [authorities should have regard to costs their actions may impose on others] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley (statement on plans) [enforcement and appeals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [work should be handled by local valuation courts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [exemptions to be kept to the absolute minimum] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non-Domestic Rates") [preference for a national non-domestic rate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("E(LF) 6th Meeting") [non-domestic rate, exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 17 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF)") [timetable for abolishing rates, rebating system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Rebating the Community Charge E(LF) 5th Meeting") [should existing rate rebates be carried into new system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF)") [proposals for rebating system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Paying for Local Government") [Ridley wants to publish a document before Christmas] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Unified Business Rate") [Ridley proposes uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [flat rate addition would have worse effect on work incentives] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove note to MT (new charge) [speed of transition to new system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Ridley PS ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [MT not convinced it would be right to aim to publish a document before Christmas] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non Domestic Rates") [transitional arrangement to avoid outcry from businesses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [likely political pressure] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Introducing the Community Charge E(LF) (86) 9") [transitional arrangements, rate rebates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [proposal for enhanced penalties] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Lord President's Office ("Paying for Local Government") [MT interview on Scottish bill] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [Ridley wants to publish statement on government's intentions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("E(LF): Thursday 20 November") [non-domestic rate, exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Exemptions from the Community Charge") [Scottish Bill exemption for "mentally handicapped"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [help for people on low incomes] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [proposals for poundage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [Ridley wants to publish statement on proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Non-Domestic Rates") [allowance for bouyancy, indexation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Treatment of Water Charges") [not eligible for rebate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Timing of Revaluations") [non-domestic rate issues] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jan 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Mark Addison (Northamptonshire County Council) [possibility of an exceptional payment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [fixing a minimum rebate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nigel Wicks minute to Rifkind PS ("Local Government") [timetable for Scottish bill] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [access to police records] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind mintue to John MacGregor ("Non-Domestic Rates: Indexation") [ceiling will be index-linked] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [wants similar proposals for Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [calculation of rate, operation of system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jan 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [discussions on rebating] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [need for a statement of principle reaffirming government's commitment to replacing rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [separate poundage for Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Michael Alison minute to MT (Northamptonshire County Council) [rate support settlement grant] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("Community Charge: Possible Exemption for the Mentally Handicapped") [a vulnerable sector of society] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Clause 5: Timing of Revaluations") [requirement for regular revaluations] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of Homes and Hostels") [pressure for exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [treatment as second homes] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [registration officers, legal aid, penalties] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [civil penalties or criminal sanctions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jan 21 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [proposal for reduced rate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [difficulty of registering social security recipients] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government - Non-Domestic Rates") [freezing and indexing only a temporary solution] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind (rebate scheme) [possibility of fixing a ceiling on the level of charge for which rebates should be available] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government") [Scottish local authorities and the Green Paper] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Nov 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [information on registrations] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 29 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [treatment of mobile persons] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [water and sewerage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 86 Sep 25 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [obligation to ensure enforcement] [released Feb 2016] |
| 90 May 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Conservative Party: MT to Bill Hughes (Scottish local election results) [satisfied with many of the results] [released Feb 2020] |
| 90 Mar 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Scotland: John Whittingdale minute for MT ("Malcolm Rifkind") ["injudicious remarks" on Community Charge concessions] [released Feb 2020] |
| 90 Jun 28 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Scotland: Andrew Turnbull minute for MT ("Scottish Rebels") [expected outcome on votes] [released Feb 2020] |
| 87 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [common valuation system and proposed reliefs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions") [students, the elderly, disabled people] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office internal minute (Roberts to Unwin) ("Community Charge: Help for Those on Low Incomes") [rebates in England and Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [how exemptions could operate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Exemptions and Relief") [exemptions and accountability to electors] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [broadly content with proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jun 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rate Reform Bill") [timetable for introduction] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of 'Homes' and Hostels") [how exemptions could operate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Exemptions and Relief") [need for workable administrative arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rating") [operation of NNDR pool] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [liability for debts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Fowler PS to Ridley PS ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [minimum contribution] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [retrospective joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [proposals for exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [drop idea of liability extending back before marriage or cohabitation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("E(LF): The Community Charge and Students") [Baker's proposal for reduced charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 2 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of 'Homes' and Hostels") [proposed exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Transitional Period") [treatment of students] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [retrospective joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [introduction of rebates will add to caseload and spending on housing benefit] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [retrospective joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [provision of rebates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Edwards PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [government should declare its intentions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 22 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("The Community Charge and Students") [Rifkind's proposals can't be transplanted from Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Residents of Homes and Hostels") [how to justify exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of Homes and Hostels") [should fall within the scope of rating] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("ADRES Bill: Transitional Period") [students in Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Tied Houses") [charge is a personal liability] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [objection to announcement without prior consultation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [issues with proposed concessions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Transitional Period 1988-1992") [should reduce transitional period in England] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 31 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nigel Lawson ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Tied Houses") [under pressure on treatment of payments made by employers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Tied Houses") [calls for tax concessions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Rating of Sports Clubs") [Rifkind's proposal for mandatory relief] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [problem of fending off pressure to extend concessions to England] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Rating of Sports Clubs") [rating relief] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Tied Houses") [payments by employers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Community Charge: Help for Those on Low Incomes") [rebate scheme] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Rating of Sports Clubs") [should not include mandatory relief in bill] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("The 20 percent Contribution to Rates and the Community Charge") [how to handle "compensation"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Fowler PS ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates") [announcement of propsals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [objects to proposed concession] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates") [low income families] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John Macgregor ("ADRES Bill: Transitional Period") [student support and rebates raise issues] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Rating of Sports Clubs") [criticism of proposals for rating relief] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Transitional Period 1988-1992") [opposition to proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Rating of Sports Clubs") [oppose proposals for mandatory relief] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates") [effects at the moment of changeover] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [concerns about grant system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 7 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Fowler PS ("Compensation for the 20 percent Contribution to Rates and the Community Charge") [failure to reach agreement] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [proposed reliefs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 7 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Compensation for Poor Households Paying the Minimum Contribution towards Domestic Rates and the Community Charge") [public expenditure commitment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill - Transitional Period 1988-1992") [a "clean break" would simplify admin and reduce costs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of 'Homes' and Hostels") [Major's proposals for exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 22 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Exemptions from the Community Charge") [concessions in response to pressure for further exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Mar 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Ridley PS ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of 'Homes' and Hostels") [difference of views] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [burden of rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Meeting of E(LF)") [minimum contribution rules] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates") [social security rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Andy Bearpark minute to Ridley PS ("Uniform Business Rate") [rate increases] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge") [points in support of the new system] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 13 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: MacGregor PS minute to Fowler PS ("Minimum Contribution to Rate Bills") [compensation for low income earners] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lord Glenarthur minute to George Younger ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill British Servicemen and Visiting Forces") [liability to payment] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office note of meeting ("Compensation for Minimum Contribution to Rates and Community Charge") [income support levels] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates [E(LF) (87) 9]") [maximum rate of rebates, income-level benefits] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Whips' note ("Totals") [list of for, against, doubtful and not contacted yet MPs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("The Bishop of London") [education proposals, position of the Church on the Community Charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ministry of Defence minute to Scottish Office (Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill) [impact on servicemen and visiting forces] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Starting Poundage and Transition [E(LF) (87)10]") [starting level, transitional arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 May 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Minimum Contribution to Domestic Rates: E(LF) (87) 17") [beneficiaries, rate of compensation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 90 Apr 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: MT minute to John Major (RPI) [inclusion of community charge reliefs; possible surcharge for incomes over £50,000 p.a.] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Sep 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Robert Armstrong minute to Andy Bearpark (Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales) [rating is the only aspect of local government finance for which the Secretary is not responsible] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 12 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [no objection to the proposal] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Fowler PS minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [payments by NHS authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [need to ensure rebate system is simple] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [seeking approval for transfer of delegated functions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") [exercise to "illustrate the turbulence that might be expected" following a revaluation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Students and the Community Charge") [concessions restricted to full-time students] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 9 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to MT (Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales) [MT agrees to proposal] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Andy Bearpark minute to Ridley PS ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [control over national non-domestic rate for Wales] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 24 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Howe PS ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [rate for foreign diplomats] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ian Lang minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate and the Community Charge Rebates: Uprating of Income Support") [need to demonstrate fairness of the package of reforms] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 8 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to MT ("Community Charge - Transitional Arrangements") [how the new system will work] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("E(LF)") [transitional arrangements, capital controls] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Effects of a Domestic Rate Revaluation") [opinion polls suggest government "has a long way to go in persuading the public to support the Community Charge proposals"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transition") [proposal to allow authorities a shorter transition period or opt out of dual running] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Transitional Arrangements for the Community Charge") [problems with earlier proposals, latest scheme] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 11 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgove ("Rates Reform Bill") [treatment of service personnel] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Mark Addison minute to Ridley PS ("Role of the Treasurer") [MT wants advice from Law Officers] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Barnet Rates") [change in local contribution] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge Exemptions") [student discount, rebates, disablement allowance] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("Students and the Community Charge") [exemption limited to students on longer full-time courses] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("The Community Charge: Social Security Compensation Arrangements") [basis for uprating income-related benefits during transition period] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Role of the Treasurer") [support proposals to prevent illegal or imprudent spending decisions by local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [choose to continue dual running or allow as many authorities to go straight to Charge in 1990] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") ["great need to go onto the attack"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Mark Addison note to Policy Unit ("Adam Smith Institute Views on Community Charge") [unfair comparisons with existing rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 10 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Reliefs from Non-Domestic Rating: Disabled Person Workshops Specific Grants") [system of pooled rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Role of the Treasurer") [proposed duties of the Chief Finance Officer] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to George Younger ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [liability of service personnel living in Crown property] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 28 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: George Younger minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [objection to charging service personnel living in Crown property] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Students and the Community Charge") [definition of a full-time student] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 5 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to George Younger ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [position of servicemen living in Crown property] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") [could conduct a survey to measure impact] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Role of the Treasurer") [vacancies, use of the stop power] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 9 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Non-Domestic Rate Pool") [obligations to pay into the pool] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: George Younger minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [liability of service personnel living in Crown property] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates Reform Bill") [timetable for getting the legislation ready] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 6 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rates Reform Bill") [timetable for passage] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates Reform Bill") [problems with rating system and transitional arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Aug 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") ["severely mentally handicapped", residents of care homes, students] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Oct 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Scottish Involvement in the Rates Reform Bill") [should contain the minimum of Scottish provisions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rates Reform Bill") [legislation to abolish domestic rates, introduce community, recast non-domestic rating and grant arrangements] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 24 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John Moore ("Community Charge Exemptions") ["severely mentally handicapped" in Scotland] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 9 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates Reform: Crown Property") [scope of contributions in lieu of rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Sep 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Scottish Involvement in Local Government Finance Bill") [bill has to be capable of carrying Scottish provisions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Nov 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Students and the Community Charge") [exemptions based on course length] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [decisions needed on whether to have a phased transition from domestic rates, how fast the transition should be, whether special arrangements are needed for London] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Walker PS minute to MT ("Introducing the Community Charge") [spending choices, phasing out rates] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements (Including Problems of ILEA)") [decisions needed on the length of the transition period, level of the initial charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("The New Grant System") [decisions needed on whether to have single or two separate grants, how to pay the grant to local authorities, discretion in distribution of grants] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rating") [cost of transition, rating of empty commercial property, future revaluations, duty to consult business] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Opting-Out of ILEA") [manifesto commitment to allowing boroughs to opt out, "we would look foolish if we were to change it now"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 22 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Non-Domestic Rating") [operation of the pool, domestic appeals, duty to consult business] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions") [dual running of domestic rates and new charge, length of transition, level of initial charge] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rating") [unanticipated losses in rateable value, duty to consult business] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [two possible measures: a safety net grant, phasing out rates gradually] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley (implementation) [non-domestic rating, non-domestic rates pool, indexation of the non-domestic rates, amendments to rating legislation] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Transition to the Community Charge") [doing without a transitional period, opting out, fallacies, capping, annual elections in London] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgove minute to Ridley PS ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [MT content with proposals, subject to colleagues' approval] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: David Norgove minute to MT ("Transition to the Community Charge") [issue of overlap with domestic rates, phasing out of safety nets, surcharge on non-domestic properties in London] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Capping the Community Charge") [legislating for community charge capping on a permanent basis] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [options for introducing the new system - possible impact on outer London boroughs] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [initial charge, transitional arrangements for London; timing of announcements on decisions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements, ILEA and London") [possible phased transition, safety net, high rates in London] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rating") [combined effects of domestic rates and introduction of non-domestic rating "are unlikely to be as dramatic in Wales"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 22 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions") [exemptions for the mentally handicapped, those in care homes, discounts for students, compensation for local authorities] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("The New Local Authority Grant System") [a single grant is preferable, payment of grant] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley (implementation) [non-domestic rating, non-domestic rates pool, duty to consult business] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Non-Domestic Rating") [operation of the non-domestic rating pool, paying for transition, empty commercial property, duty to consult business] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [proposed dual running of domestic rates and community charge - proposals about collecting the rate] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [accepts proposals for the mentally handicapped, those in care homes, but opposed to proposal to reimburse local authorities for student discounts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Abolition of Domestic Rating") ["Although the election results in Scotland were very bad I do not believe that rates reform was a major contributory factor"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Bernard Ingham minute to David Norgrove (presentation of the charge) ["importance of the Department doing nothing to arouse the criticism of its 'propaganda' effort"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") [discounted rate for students, compensation to authorities for the discounts] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge, Transitional Arrangements and the Implications for Income Support") ["the political realities require at least five years to phase out the safety-net"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: John Moore minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [period of transition, impact on revenue, effect on government spending] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: No 10 record of conversation (MT-Ridley) [Ridley's "growing concern about opposition" to the charge; problem "increased by the decision to have a transition rather than to abolish rates immediately"; inclined to rethink some major aspects of the charge, which MT "discouraged firmly"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Capping the Community Charge") [proposal to intervene and reduce authorities' charge at the start of the financial year] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [enforcement procedures would apply to Crown property, including No 10] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Moore ("Rate and Community Charge Rebates: Uprating of Income Support") ["We have been arguing that the introduction of the community charge will benefit many of those on low incomes"] [released Feb 2016] |
| 87 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge Exemptions") [exemptions for the mentally handicapped, residents of care homes, students, funding the exemptions] [released Feb 2016] |
| 88 Nov 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Simplified Needs Assessments") [persuading DOE officials not to give "unnecessary hostages to fortune"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Simplified Needs Assessments") [Ridley minute to MT conceals "important and complex implications"; Lawson agrees to oppose] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chief Secretary ("Local Authority Fees and Charges") ["grave risk of exaggerating the possible benefits from a general power to charge"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 81 Jun 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO briefing for MT ("Courtesy Call by the Yugoslav Ambassador: Wednesday, 1 July 1981 at 0915") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Nov 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Mr Shultz, 14 November") [Yugoslavia's economic situation] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO telegram to UKE Belgrade ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [the G5 meeting in Paris on political, economic and financial aspects of the problem] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jan 31 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade minute to FCO ("Yugoslav Economic Stabilisation: Social Policy") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Feb 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Howe minute to Pym ("Yugoslavia") [a draft Parliamentary Answer on economic assistance to Yugoslavia] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Yugoslavia: Financial Package") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Apr 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("IMF/Yugoslavia") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Yugoslav Request for a TV Interview with the Prime Minister") ['she is not willing to do it'] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Nov 5 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Powell briefing for MT (Visit by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Dizdarevic) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Yugoslav Economic Crisis") [US only just beginning to analyse terms of IMF agreement with Yugoslavia] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Yugoslavia's Economic Crisis") [debt rescheduling] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [improvement of the British contribution to an assistance package] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jan 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Lord Cockfield minute to Pym (UK contribution to the financial assistance programme to Yugoslavia) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Lord Cockfield minute for Pym ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [American proposal for a special assistance package to help Yugoslavia] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jan 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Howe minute to Pym ("Yugoslavia") [UK contribution to the programme of financial assistance] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jan 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Pym minute to Howe ('Yugoslavia') [her survival seen as an acid test of Western willingness to contain the Soviets in Europe] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Jan 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Pym minute to Howe ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Howe minute for Pym ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [American proposal for a special assistance package to help Yugoslavia] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Feb 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Coles minute for MT ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") ["we should be rightly criticised because the loans are untied"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Nov 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Treasury minute to Coles (the multilateral aid to Yugoslavia) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Djuranovic letter to MT (thanking for the hospitality) ["frankness and openness as well as the spirit of friendship"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Dec 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Howe minute for Pym ("Yugoslavia: Economic Crisis") [the forthcoming G5 finance ministers' meeting] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Apr 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MT letter for Veselin Djuranovic (their recent talks: Adria Airways) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 May 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Cradock minute to FCO ("Yugoslavia") [slippage in the BIS bridging loan and the IMF programme approval] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 May 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl (financial support for Yugoslavia) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 May 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, Yugoslav Finance Minister) [Yugoslav economic reforms; Powell for MT "You will want to be aware of the very reticent line we are taking"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Apr 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Chancellor Kohl letter for MT (his discussion with Yugoslav Prime Minister Mikulic) ["Yugoslavia deserves support on grounds of foreign and economic policy"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 May 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Treasury minute for Powell ("Yugoslavia: BIS Bridging Loan") [to support the dinar in the first phase of economic reform] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 80 May 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Alfred Sherman memorandum ("Bury Tito without Tears") [self-deception of left and right in thinking well of "Tito and his works"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: DTI minute for Powell ("Yugoslavia: Adria Airways") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Yugoslav Ambassador letter for MT (a note of thanks and a gift from Mr Djuranovic) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Powell minute for MT ("Visit of the President of the Federal Executive Committee of Yugoslavia") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Visit by Member of Yugoslav Presidency") ['we may be able to help by sharpening Yugoslav perceptions about their options'] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Yugoslavia: Visit by Djuranovic, Member of Federal Presidency: 22-25 March") [MT's draft speech] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Djuranovic Visit: Yugoslav Request for TV Interview with the Prime Minister") [Powell: 'I don't like the idea of three journalists'] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Djuranovic Visit") [MT asked to give a TV interview to three Yugoslav journalists] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Visit by Veselin Djuranovic, Member of Yugoslav Federal Presidency") [he should be offered a Guard of Honor] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 87 Dec 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Visit by Member of Yugoslav Federal Presidency") [the Yugoslavs have confirmed the dates] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 87 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Visit by Member of Yugoslav Federal Presidency") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jul 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Relations with Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 87 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Powell minute to MT (a potential meeting with Djilas, Yugoslav political dissident) [MT: it is only time that prevents me] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 Jun 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Yugoslav Prime Minister Mikulic letter to MT (thanking for the message of congratulations) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 May 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Former Yugoslav Prime Minister Planinc message to MT (thanking for successful cooperation) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 May 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MT message to Yugoslav Prime Minister (congratulations on his appointment as the President of the Federal Executive Council) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute to Powell ("New Yugoslav Federal Government: Messages") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 86 Apr 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MOD minute to No.10 (Visit to London by the Yugoslav Minister of Defence) [MT will not be attending - "No way"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 85 Dec 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MOD minute to No.10 (Visit to London by the Yugoslav Minister of Defence) [MT will not be attending] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Oct 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Powell ("Visit of the Yugoslav Foreign Minister") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Feb 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute for Coles ("Visit of the President of Serbia") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Dec 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: Yugoslav Ambassador's letter to MT (UK-Yugoslav bilateral relations) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 May 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: MT message for Yugoslav Prime Minister ("Messages of Congratulation to the New Yugoslav Government") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 May 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute to Coles ("Mining Disaster in Yugoslavia") [a message of condolence] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 May 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute to Coles (a draft message of congratulation to the new-sworn President of the Yugoslav Government) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 81 Jun 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO telegram to UKE Belgrade ("Visit of Yugoslav Foreign Secretary: 15-17 June 1981") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 81 May 4 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: FCO minute to No.10 ("Yugoslav Ambassador, Mr Z. Berisavljevic") [farewell meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 80 Jan 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("The Succession to Tito") [Federal presidency will take over after Tito's death] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 80 Jan 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("President Tito's Health") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Chief Secretary minute for MT ("Simplified Needs Assessment") [content with Ridley approach, but must not undermine existing RSG and capping regimes] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley minute for MT ("Community Charge Transitional Arrangements") [feasible to design safety net so as to limit max charge to, say, £350] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chief Secretary ("Non-domestic rating") ["I do not agree at all with your general approach"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Rifkind letter to Nick Scott ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [need to progress swiftly] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chancellor ("Rating Appeals") [need to limit appeals to prevent Valuation Office being overwhelmed] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: No.10 letter to PS Ridley ("Interdepartmental Working Group on Land Compensation") [content with modified plan] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("Restricting Valuation Appeals: Next Action") [detailed consideration and draft letter to Ridley] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Lamont minute to Chancellor ("Restricting Valuation Appeals: Next Action") [urgent need to send letter to Ridley] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Community Charge Transitional Arrangements") [Lawson sees no advantage in Treasury taking the lead] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 23 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Judith Chaplin minute to Chancellor ("Uniform Business Rates and revaluation: transitional arrangements") [concessions debated] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Nov 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("Uniform Business Rates and revaluation: transitional arrangements") [DOE officials said "Ridley's preliminary thinking was very close to your own"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Fowler letter to Chancellor ("Market testing - RPI price collection") [involve private sector in collecting the figures] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Ridley letter to John Major ("The Community Charge Bill") [specific grants] [released Feb 2016] |
| 89 Jan 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Rifkind letter to Chief Secretary ("The Burden of Business Rates in Scotland") [Allan: "This needs to be rejected out of hand"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | ERM: Allan note for Chancellor ('Ch'[ancellor]) [suggestion that Alan Walters might speak to backbench Conservative finance committee; Lawson: "Absolutely [out of the question]"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chief Secretary ("The Community Charge Bill") [remaining issue] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 89 Feb 26 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Fowler letter to Chancellor ("Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee Report") [recommends Community Charge be included in RPI in similar way to rates] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 89 Feb 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("RPIAC Report on the implications for the RPI of the abolition of domestic rates") [Bank of England happy] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 89 Feb 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("Proposed policy evaluation of Community Charge") [Allan: "barmy idea"; Lawson agrees] [declassified Feb 2018] |
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