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PREM19/934
Transport (Railway policy: British Rail unions' industrial action; contingency planning; McCarthy report on railway productivity and pay; rail fare increases) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 265
Themes: Transport

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Date Value Title
82 Jun 29 Tu Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for No.10 (“Rail strike: CCU meeting today”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 30 We Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Industrial affairs”) [British Rail and NHS] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 1 Th Minor Transport: No.10 Policy Unit internal minute (“Impressions of the NUR conference”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 1 Th Major Transport: Lawson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“The NUM and the railways”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 2 Fr Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Scholar (“The railways”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 2 Fr Major Transport: No.10 note to MT (British Rail industrial dispute) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 2 Fr Major Transport: No.10 note to MT (“B.R. statement”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 5 Mo Major Transport: Howell PS briefing for No.10 (“ASLEF dispute”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 6 Tu Major Transport: Howell PS letter to No.10 (“ASLEF strike”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 7 We Major Transport: Howell letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Payment of public service obligation grant to BR”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 7 We Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Industrial affairs”) [British Rail and NHS] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 8 Th Major Transport: Howell letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Dismissing strikers”) [British Rail industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 9 Fr Major Transport: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“British Rail”) [industrial action] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 12 Mo Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“NUR lay-off”) [British Rail industrial action] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Transport: Lawson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Oil burn during a rail strike”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Transport: Howell record of conversation (“MISC 80(82) 8th meeting”) [Howell, Peter Parker: BR industrial dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“British Rail dispute”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 14 We Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit internal minute (“The railways”) [industrial dispute: strategy] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 14 We Major Transport: Howell PS letter to No.10 (“Statement on ASLEF strike and BRB response”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 14 We Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Industrial affairs”) [British Rail and NHS] [declassified 2012]