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1979 May 8 - 1980 May 9
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/291
Local Government (Waste in local authority expenditure)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 248
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Date Value Title
79 May 8 Tu Major Pay: Lankester minute to Cabinet Office ("Pay and Cash Limits") [declassified 2010]
79 May 24 Th Major Local Government: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (reducing waste in local government) [declassified 2010]
79 Jun 1 Fr Major Local Government: Welsh Office letter to No.10 ("Waste") [reducing waste in local government] [declassified 2010]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major Local Government: Berrill minute to Lankester ("Waste") [reducing waste in local government] [declassified 2010]
79 Jun 11 Mo Major Local Government: Scottish Office letter to No.10 ("Waste in the Public Sector Outside Central Government") [MT: "Very complacent"] [declassified 2010]
79 Jul 9 Mo Major Local Government: Pattison minute to MT (reducing waste in local government) [MT: "I am dismayed at the content of some of the letters [from Ministers]"] [declassified 2010]
79 Jul 30 Mo Major Local Government: MT letter to Councillor Graham Jinks (reducing waste in local government) ["local government extravagance at Plymouth City Council"] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 28 Tu Major Local Government: Priestley minute to Pattison ("Lord Mayor of Plymouth") [reducing waste in local government] [declassified 2010]
79 Sep 28 Fr Major Local Government: Rayner minute to MT ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [declassified 2010]
80 Jan 4 Fr Major Local Government: Rayner and Berrill minute to MT ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [declassified 2010]
80 Feb 13 We Major Local Government: Department of Education letter to No.10 (efficiency and waste in local government) [effects on education] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 12 We Major Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 27 Th Major Local Government: Berrill minute to Pattison ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [response to Heseltine's comments] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 2 We Major Local Government: Biffen minute to MT ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [response to Heseltine's comments] [declassified 2010]
80 Apr 3 Th Major Local Government: Rayner minute to MT ("Efficiency and Waste in Local Government") [response to Heseltine's comments] [declassified 2010]
80 May 9 Fr Major Local Government: Pattison minute to MT (efficiency and waste in local government) [next steps] [declassified 2010]