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PREM19/1000
Economic policy (Public sector pay policy; Treasury monitoring reports) (Part 9)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 188

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Date Value Title
82 Nov 3 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Cabinet, 4 November: Industrial Relations: Pay") ["a clear risk that decisions are going to be taken which will... run counter to... [increasing] employment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 8 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("Nationalised industry pay") [MT "agrees that the nationalised industries should be pressed to exercise much greater restraint... and that specific action is now desirable by sponsor Ministers to this end"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 8 Mo Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report: Public Trading Sector") [latest position on public pay sector negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 19 Fr Major Economic Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 (Pay Brief) ["position in mid-November"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 19 Fr Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lawson ("Nationalised industry pay") ["what happens in the public trading sector in the coming months will to a very large extent determine what happens in the pay round this winter. We must bring all the influence we can to bear on negotiations"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 23 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Ingham ("Pay") [pay negotiations update & analysis] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 23 Tu Major Economic Policy: Ingham minute to MT ("Pay") [pay negotiations update & analysis] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 29 Mo Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report: Public Trading Sector") [pay negotiations; proposal for sponsor Ministers to consult with chairmen] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 6 Mo Major Economic Policy: Howell letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nationalised industries pay") [report on sponsor Minister's discussions with chairmen] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 7 Tu Major Economic Policy: Cockfield PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("Nationalised industry pay") [report on sponsor Minister's discussions with chairmen] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 8 We Major Economic Policy: Jenkin letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nationalised industries: pay") [report on sponsor Ministers' discussions with chairmen] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 9 Th Major Economic Policy: Lawson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nationalised industry pay") ["position on this year's pay round"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 10 Fr Major Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Scholar ("Pay") ["pay round... where we have got to, and... what we may expect... broadly satisfactory at this stage"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 16 Th Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Nationalised industry pay") [analysis of sponsor Ministers' reports on discussions with chairmen about pay settlement strategies: "the picture which emerges is a depressing one"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 17 Fr Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report: Public Trading Sector") [latest position on public pay sector negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 20 Mo Major Economic Policy: King letter to Lawson ("Nationalised industry pay") ["concerned to see that both gas and electricity are thinking of starting at 5%... factors have significantly altered the balance of wage bargaining this year"] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Dec 31 Fr Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Nationalised industry pay") [conclusions from the latest meeting of Ministerial sub-committee] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 25 Tu Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report: Public Trading Sector") [latest position on public pay sector negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 28 Fr Major Economic Policy: Walters letter to Tebbit (Retail Trades Councils pay awards) ["enormous level of unemployment... an 8% increase... will add to the unemployment register"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Feb 2 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Scholar ("Forward look at industrial relations trouble spots") ["The outcome of the current water strike is crucial"] [declassified Aug 2013]