1988 Jul 27 - 1988 Sep 19
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Private Office files (Lawson)
T640/828
Budget (The Community Charge and settlement of the Rate Support Grant (RSG) system)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | HMTPO |
| Release date: | 2018 |
| Classification: | Personal & Secret |
| Page count: | 139 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Jul 28 Th | Major | Community Charge: Fowler letter to Chancellor ("Community Charge - RPI") [plans to consult RPIAC] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Jul 28 Th | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("The Community Charge, the RPI and Indexed-Linked Gilts") [Solicitor-General's advice] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 3 We | Minor | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("Local Authority Bank Deposits and the LABR") [doubts about the figures] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 3 We | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("Community Charge - RPI") [consulting RPIAC] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 5 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Home Secretary (capitalising specific grants to local authorities) [in principle agreed; detailed issues] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 9 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: DHSS letter to Ridley ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [next steps] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 12 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Fowler ("Community Charge - RPI") ["I am in no doubt the Community Charge should be in the RPI"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 12 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Cabinet Office letter to PS Fowler ("Community Charge - RPI") [Lawson: "A singularly inept and unhelpful letter"] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Aug 26 Fr | Major | Community Charge: MT letter to President Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (Business Rates in Scotland) [do not doubt resolve, but be realistic about timing] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 6 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Bank of England letter to Treasury ("Indexed-Linked Gilts and the RPI") [no change in Bank's view] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 8 Th | Minor | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Chief Secretary ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [case for] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 8 Th | Minor | Community Charge: Ridley letter to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [MT wanted further consideration with decision on 9 September] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 13 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("The RPI and the Community Charge") [next steps] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 14 We | Major | Community Charge: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor, Economic Secretary, senior officials) ["Community Charge and RPI" - decision to wait for Bank letter] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 15 Th | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("The RPI - abolition of domestic rates") [approach to RPIAC] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 16 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Inland Revenue Valuations Office minute to Treasury ("Rating revaluation: preliminary results of exercise: transitional arrangements") [first sight of the figures] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 88 Sep 19 Mo | Major | Community Charge: Treasury minute to Chancellor ("RPI - abolition of domestic rates") [reply to Fowler re: approach to RPIAC] [declassified Feb 2018] |