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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/835
Local government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 13)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 152

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Date Value Title
82 Jul 16 Fr Major Local government: No.10 note to MT (Local authority current spending and the Rate Support Grant in 1983-84) [Heseltine and Brittan agreement] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 16 Fr Major Local government: Edwards letter to MT (“Rate Support Grant settlement”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 19 Mo Major Local government: Policy Unit minute to MT (“The local government impasse”) [argument against abolishing GLC] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 19 Mo Major Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Rate Support Grant settlement 1983-84”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 20 Tu Major Local government: Whitelaw minute to MT (“Ministerial Group on Local Government Organisation and Finance: future work”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 20 Tu Major Local government: Howell letter to Whitelaw (“Public transport in London and the Metropolitan Counties”) [proposals for new legislation to limit subsidising] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 20 Tu Major Local government: Edwards letter to Brittan (“Grant withholding in Wales”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 22 Th Major Local government: Heseltine letter to Havers (additional district auditors) [request for legal advice] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 23 Fr Major Local government: Heseltine PS letter to Brittan PS (“Statement to Consultative Council: 27 July 1982”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 27 Tu Major Local government: Younger letter to Brittan (“Rate Support Grant settlement 1983-84: grant reductions 1982-83”) [“Treasury have driven a very hard bargain”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 27 Tu Major Local government: Heseltine PS note to No.10 (“Local government expenditure”) [statement to Parliament] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 28 We Major Local government: Edwards PS letter to No.10 (“Local government expenditure, Wales”) [statement to Parliament] [declassified 2012]
82 Sep 17 Fr Major Local government: Brittan minute to MT (“Local authority current expenditure 1983-84”) [declassified 2012]
82 Oct 3 Su Major Local government: Whitelaw minute to MT (“The Greater London Council (GLC) and the Metropolitan County Councils”) [proposal to announce abolition at Party Conference] [declassified 2012]
82 Oct 5 Tu Major Local government: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“Rate Support Grant 1983-4 - holdback”) [options to present to local authorities] [declassified 2012]