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1980 Nov 25 - 1981 Feb 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/418
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 13)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 575
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80 Nov 26 Wed Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure 1982-83 and 1983-84 (C(80) 73)") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 3 Wed Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["NHS Cash Limits"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 9 Tue Economy: Gow note to MT (Conservative Party Finance Committee meeting) [Biffen gives "excellent" opening statement, but concerns about his comments on MTFS] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 18 Thu Economy: Biffen minute to MT ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Local Authorities") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 30 Tue Economy: No.10 letter to DHSS ("NHS Cash Limit") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 9 Fri Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("CGBR in December and Prospects for the rest of 1980-81") [December borrowing requirement worse than expected] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 13 Tue Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("NHS and Civil Service Cash Limits (E(81) 3 and 5)") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 13 Tue Economy: Vereker minute to MT ("E, 14 January: NHS and Civil Service Cash Limits") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 14 Wed Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("The Price Factor in Cash Limits") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 16 Fri Economy: HMT letter to No.10 ("EC Contributions and the Public Expenditure White Paper") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 21 Wed Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cash Limit Factors (C(81) 7)") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 23 Fri Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Public Expenditure White Paper") [public expenditure projection "uncomfortably high"; MT: "I cannot do nothing about this. We appear to have no control over expenditure"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 23 Fri Economy: Soames letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Cabinet decisions on pay and price factors for preparing Estimates of central Government expenditure) [MT: "This is yet another example of Cabinet taking decisions on totally inadequate information. This cannot go on"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 26 Mon Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [reasons for increases in most recent public expenditure projections] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tue Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Unemployment Prospects and the Public Expenditure White Paper") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tue Economy: Vereker minute to Lankester ("NHS Cash Limit") [difficulties negotiating NHS cash limit] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 28 Wed Economy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Public Expenditure") [replacing volume limits with cash limits] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 29 Thu Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [Pliatzky draft minute to send to Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 3 Tue Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Handling by Cabinet of Cash Limit Factors") [problems with controlling public expenditure] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 6 Fri Economy: Brittan minute to MT ("Public Expenditure White Paper") [draft White Paper] [declassified 2011]