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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Feb 19 Th | Minor | Budget: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Indexed Gilts") [must auction them since appropriate price unknown] [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 Jun 24 We | Major | 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 Feb 18 We | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Company Taxation: Stock Relief") [detailed reform proposals] [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 20 Fr | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Oil Taxation Proposals") [broad lines of budget changes] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Public Expenditure & the Budget") [energy related overruns] [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 Jul 8 We | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Taxation of Benefits in Kind - Free Petrol") [method; agreed by MT] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 6 Fr | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Taxation of Benefits in Kind: Free Petrol") [proposal; agreed by MT] [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 May 19 Tu | Major | Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (recouping DERV concession) [gambling, tobacco duties] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo | Major | Budget: David Howell minute to MT ("Oil Taxation Proposals") [criticises Treasury budget plans] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 1 Mo | Minor | Budget: Lankester briefing for MT (recouping DERV concession) [meeting with Chancellor] [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: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr | Major | Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [indirect tax package] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 6 Fr | Major | Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor, Governor & Wass) [decision to reduce MLR by 2 per cent on budget day] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 2 Tu | Major | Budget: No.10 minute (PM-Chancellor meeting) [3p on cigarettes to recoup DERV concession] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 1 We | Major | Budget: No.10 minute (PM-Chancellor meeting) [MT unhappy at announcement of DERV recoupment on eve of Warrington by-election] [declassified 2011] |