1988 Apr 11 - 1988 May 12
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Private Office files (Lawson)
T640/824
Budget (The Community Charge and settlement of the Rate Support Grant (RSG) system)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | HMTPO |
| Release date: | 2018 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 160 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Major | Community Charge: APS Lawson minute for Culpin ("Housing Benefit and Unemployment/Poverty Traps") ["this is a benefit and not a tax/NIC problem ... an inescapable consequence of targeting benefit on the neediest"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Major | Community Charge: APS Lawson minute for Chief Secretary ("1989-90 Rate Support Grant for England") ["essential to be as tough as possible on provision"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Major | Community Charge: Lawson letter to Ridley ("Community Charge rebates") [changes to taper which he could live with] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 11 Mo | Major | Community Charge: Chief Secretary minute for Lawson ("Community Charge rebates") ["This is a major retreat", but a "concession ... has political merits since it will, I think, purchase the bill"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 13 We | Major | Community Charge: Gray letter to PS Michael Howard (figures for relative household contribution to local authority spending) [asks chapter and verse for Howard claim that top 10 percent will pay about 15 times more than bottom 10] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 13 We | Major | Community Charge: Peretz minute for PS Chancellor ("Community Charge and the RPI: Indexed Gilts") [advice sought from the law officers] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 13 We | Major | Community Charge: Ridley PS letter to Gray ("Community Charge rebates") [changes to taper which Ridley wishes to suggest at cabinet tomorrow] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 15 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Community Charge and the Budget") [provides material for Howard to verify to No.10 claim that top 10 percent will pay about 15 times more than bottom 10] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 15 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Financial Secretary ("Non-domestic rate transition") [business seeking reassurance] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 18 Mo | Major | Community Charge: Cropper note for Lawson ("Chancellor") [Ridley's line on community charge as a tax; leak of No.10 document] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 19 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Treasury record of conversation (Chief Secretary - Phillips, Turnbull, Potter) ["1989-90 Rate Support Grant for England"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 19 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Treasury record of phone conversation (Lawson - Ridley) [National non-domestic rate] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 20 We | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("LA [Local Authority] Capital Controls") [measures to block barter and leaseback deals] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Apr 22 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Ridley minute to MT ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [discussions with MPs for Westminster and Kensington confirm exclusion from dual running] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 May 5 Th | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("1989-90 Rate Support Grant Settlement for England") [follow up to meeting] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 May 12 Th | Major | Community Charge: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson - senior Treasury officials) ["RPI and the Community Charge: Index-Linked Gilts"] [declassified Feb 2018] |