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1981 Feb 18 - 1981 Jul 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/439
Economic policy (Budget) (Part 5)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 227
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81 Apr 28 Tue Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting on DERV concession) [modes of recouping 10p DERV cut] [declassified 2011]
81 May 19 Tue Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (recouping DERV concession) [gambling, tobacco duties] [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 2 Tue Budget: No.10 minute (PM-Chancellor meeting) [3p on cigarettes to recoup DERV concession] [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 24 Wed Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Bank Tax & DERV Duty Concessions") [minor concession to smaller banks; firming up on DERV] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 8 Wed Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Taxation of Benefits in Kind - Free Petrol") [method; agreed by MT] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 1 Wed Budget: No.10 minute (PM-Chancellor meeting) [MT unhappy at announcement of DERV recoupment on eve of Warrington by-election] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 11 Wed Budget: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Affairs" - Bank urges immediate MLR cut] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 4 Wed Budget: Treasury minute to No.10 ("Distributional Implications of the Budget") [tabulated] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 20 Fri Budget: Walters, Hoskyns & Wolfson minute to MT ("Budget Strategy") [necessity of a tough budget] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 24 Tue 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 Wed 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 Wed Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 26 Thu 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 6 Fri Budget: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Policy & the Budget"] [declassified 2011]