1979 Jul 23 - 1980 Jul 10
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Private Office files (Howe)
T639/15
Public spending (1979-80 - minutes from special advisers & Treasury ministers; meeting records; MTFS)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | HMTPO |
| Release date: | 2012 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 110 |
| Any docs withheld? | No |
T639/15 - download whole file (PDF, 54.59 MB)
Selections from this file
| Date | Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 Mar 4 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (HM Treasury) | Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (“Medium Term Financial Strategy”) [minutes disagreement, copied to MT & Wass] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Jun 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (HM Treasury) | Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (proposed 5 per cent cut in real public sector pay) [“we are - perhaps - dangerously moderate in our counter-inflation policy”] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Jun 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (HM Treasury) | Monetary Policy: Lawson minute for Chancellor (‘Strategy’) [rejects Cropper proposal of 5 per cent real cut in public sector pay] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Jul 9 We | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (HM Treasury) | Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (“Incomes, Inflation & Unemployment”) [“there really is not much difference in substance between us”] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Aug 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (HM Treasury) | Economy: Adam Ridley minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Fentiman Dinner, 22 July") [points arising from discussion at dinner] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Sep 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (HM Treasury) | Economy: Lawson minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("John Redwood on the Current Economic Situation") ["Master Redwood is making a mouthful of a perfectly straightforward point"] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (HM Treasury) | Economy: Wiggins minute to Unwin ("Economic Debate on 26/27 November") [Chancellor's thoughts for Autumn Statement Debate speech] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Dec 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economy: Bush minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Stocktaking Note: Matter for Ministerial Attention") [issues likely to come up for ministerial attention in first quarter of 1981] [declassified 2012] |