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Economic policy (Budget) (Part 5)

Date	Value	Title
81 Feb 6 Fr	Key	Budget: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Policy & the Budget"] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 11 We	Major	Budget: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Affairs" - Bank urges immediate MLR cut] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 18 We	Major	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Indexed Gilts") [seeks agreement to announce in budget] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 18 We	Major	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Company Taxation: Stock Relief") [detailed reform proposals] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 19 Th	Minor	Budget: Treasury minute to No.10 ("Indirect Tax Package") [twice revalorisation basis - tabulated] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 19 Th	Minor	Budget: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Indexed Gilts") [must auction them since appropriate price unknown] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 20 Fr	Major	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Oil Taxation Proposals") [broad lines of budget changes] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 20 Fr	Major	Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [indirect tax package] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 20 Fr	Key	Budget: Walters, Hoskyns & Wolfson minute to MT ("Budget Strategy") [necessity of a tough budget] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 23 Mo	Major	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Sir Jeremy Morse (windfall tax on bank profits) [rejects his counter-proposal] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 23 Mo	Major	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The Budget") [outline of budget decisions to date] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 23 Mo	Minor	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Season Tickets" [provided by employers]) [strongly defends proposed tax] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 23 Mo	Major	Budget: David Howell minute to MT ("Oil Taxation Proposals") [criticises Treasury budget plans] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 24 Tu	Major	Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with TUC Economic Committee) ["Budget Representation"] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 24 Tu	Key	Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor & Wass) [MT 'dismayed' at £11.25b PSBR, but accepted Howe rejection of increased basic rate] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 25 We	Key	Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with ministers & officials) [decisions to freeze income tax & CTT thresholds, reducing PSBR by further £1b] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 25 We	Key	Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 25 We	Major	Budget: Walters minute to Chancellor (lunch at Union Discount) [directors think a "really satisfactory" PSBR consistent with falling rates would be "about £7b"] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 26 Th	Key	Budget: Walters letter to Sir Douglas Wass (disappointment at budget measures) [budget proposals "too little and of the wrong kind"; maximum 1 per cent MLR cut] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 27 Fr	Major	Budget: Treasury minute to No.10 ("The Budget") [summary of final decisions] [declassified 2011]