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1988 Mar 1 - 1988 Apr 8
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Private Office files (Lawson)

T640/823
Budget (The Community Charge and settlement of the Rate Support Grant (RSG) system)

Source: HMTPO
Release date: 2018
Classification: Personal & Confidential
Page count: 172
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)

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Date Value Title
88 Mar 1 Tu Minor Community Charge: Ridley letter to Lawson ("Valuation for rating: the 'Addis' and 'Cakebread' case") [seeks agreement to amend Local Government Finance Bill to reverse court decisions] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 1 Tu Minor Community Charge: Rifkind minute for MT ("Non-Domestic Rate Transition") [qualified agreement with Ridley] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 2 We Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute for Lawson ("Valuation for rating: the 'Addis' and 'Cakebread' case") [agree Ridley's plan to amend Local Government Finance Bill to reverse court decisions, but refuse to compensate for losses] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 2 We Major Community Charge: Treasury briefing for Chief Secretary ("Non-domestic rate transition") [meeting with Ridley this afternoon] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 2 We Major Community Charge: Treasury record of conversation (Major-Ridley) ["National non-domestic rate: transition"] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 2 We Minor Community Charge: Treasury note for APS Chancellor (Non-domestic rate transition) [amended DoE press line to counter stories Chancellor's power to uprate NNDR will increase CC] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 3 Th Minor Community Charge: Lawson letter to Ridley ("Valuation for rating: the 'Addis' and 'Cakebread' case") [agrees plan to amend Local Government Finance Bill to reverse court decisions, but not compensation proposals] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 7 Mo Minor Community Charge: Ridley minute for MT ("The Community Charge: members of religious orders") [agrees common position] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 8 Tu Major Community Charge: Turnbull minute for Chief Secretary ("A new planning total") [resolving questions with Department of the Environment before consulting other departments] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 11 Fr Major Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chief Secretary ("National non-domestic rate transition") [standing committee debate on transition "went fairly well", but may need special help for small businesses] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 11 Fr Minor Community Charge: Ridley letter to John Moore ("Community Charge: attachment of benefit") [mechanisms] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 17 Th Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute ("The budget and funding of local authorities") [Michael Howard mis-statement in Commons debate] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Mar 30 We Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Lawson ("The treatment of the community charge in the RPI") [Lawson: "I am astonished by this submission"] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Apr 5 Tu Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Community Charge: possible DOE concessions") [Tyrie warning that some Mates supporters "led to believe that concessions might be forthcoming"] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Apr 7 Th Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("1989-90 Rate Support Grant settlement for England") [suggested approach] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Apr 7 Th Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Lawson ("E(LF): Non-domestic rate transition and dual running") ["half-baked proposal put together hurriedly by DOE officials to meet a supposed political need"] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Apr 7 Th Major Community Charge: Ridley letter to Lawson ("Community Charge rebates") [Mates amendment - sympathy for less well-off] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Apr 8 Fr Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Lawson ("Community Charge rebates") [concessions for Report Stage] [declassified Feb 2018]