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1983 Jul 4 - 1983 Sep 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1080
Local government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 16)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 325
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83 Jul 13 Wed Local Government: No.10 to PS Environment (Meeting with Mr. Alan Greengross) [Record of MT/Greengross meeting; proposals of Conservative Group on GLC - rejection of proposals by MT] [declassified 2014]
83 Sep 13 Tue US: Jenkin minute to MT [Likelihood of Conservative Party opposition to rate-capping; difficulties of local government reform, need for early warning to senior Conservative figures] [declassified 2014]
83 Sep 13 Tue Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (abolition of the GLC and Metropolitan County Councils) [rate-capping/legislation: request for meeting "to give early warning of the sort of sequence of events we foresee"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 8 Thu Local government: MT letter to Greater London Council's Leader of the Opposition, Alan Greengross (abolition of the GLC and Metropolitan County Councils) [Greengross paper on local government reform] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Aug 5 Fri Local government: Jenkin minute to MT ("Association of London Authorities") ["a new.... [Association] composed of Labour boroughs, together with the GLC and ILEA... we now have to take a view on how Departments should handle their relations with the new body"; feasibility of court action] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Aug 3 Wed Local government: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (abolition of the GLC and Metropolitan County Councils) [estimates of administrative staff levels] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 29 Fri Local government: Whitelaw minute to MT ("English Rate Support Grant Settlement: public expenditure provision and targets") [report on conclusions of Ministerial sub-committee; White Paper on public expenditure] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 27 Wed Local government: No.10 minute to MT ("Statements") [Scottish Rates Support Grant; Stock Exchange; public expenditure; Gibraltar; White Paper on the Rates] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 27 Wed Local government: Jenkin minute to MT ("Abolition of the Greater London Council (GLC) and the Metropolitan County Councils") [report on Ministerial Group's conclusions] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 27 Wed Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Abolition of the Greater London Council (GLC) and the Metropolitan County Councils: Police and Fire Services") ["All the Ministers concerned agree that the services should be organised under joint boards of the relevant local authorities. There is, however, a difference of view about how the boards should be financed"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 27 Wed Local government: Brittan minute to Jenkin ("Rate Limitation Paper") [comments on draft text] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue Local government: Younger PS letter to No.10 ("Statement on Scottish local authority expenditure") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue Local government: Jenkin letter to Parkinson ("Empty property rates") [potential further measures & primary purpose of forthcoming legislation] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 22 Fri Local government: Jenkin minute to MT ("Abolition of Greater London Council and Metropolitan County Councils: financial and constitutional implications for police and fire services") ["It is common ground that those services must be organised by joint boards... There is, however, a difference of view within the [Ministerial] Group about the appropriate method of funding"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 19 Tue Local government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Arts after abolition of GLC and the Metropolitan Councils") [MT believes that "the Government should leave to the boroughs the decision as to what resources they will apply in support of the arts"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 19 Tue Local government: King minute to MT (White Paper on Public Transport in London) [amendments] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 19 Tue Local government: Lord Hailsham letter to Lord Bellwin ("Abolition of GLC and the Metropolitan County Councils") [transfers of employees/acquired rights] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lynda Chalker, Keith Bright - Chairman of the London Transport Executive) [London Transport Regional Authority] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King, Bob Reid - Deputy Chairman of British Rail) ["The Meeting with Mr. Bob Reid": rationalisation of the London transport network] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King, Lord Cockfield, Peter Rees, William Waldegrave, Ferdinand Mount & others) [London Transport Regional Authority] [declassified Aug 2013]