1984 Dec 17 - 1985 Apr 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1452
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 31)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 330 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 74
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey: Review") [presentation of public spending cuts and tax cuts] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Public spending: David Willetts and John Redwood minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [could be "political pressures to undo tough decisions"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey - Lessons for the Future") [procedural suggestion] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 14 Mo | Major | Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to Rees PS ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [departmental plans should be presented positively] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 15 Tu | Minor | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Whitelaw PS ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [publication date] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 16 We | Major | Public spending: Howe PS minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper") [cuts to overseas services] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 16 We | Major | Public spending: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Whitelaw-Brittan-Jenkin-Biffen-Fowler etc) [government's economic and social policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Publication of 1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Minor | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Robin Butler ("Hoddinot Report/Public Expenditure White Paper") [publication arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 17 Th | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Brittan PS (Public Expenditure background note) ["sticking to the plans" essential to economic policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 18 Fr | Major | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Turnbull ("Capital Expenditure") [presentation of the government's case] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 18 Fr | Major | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Howe PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper: FCO") [can't accept anything that implies figures for FCO programmes are not fixed] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (Public Expenditure Survey) [spending blocks] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Minor | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Brittan PS ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper (CMND 9428") [publication date] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Public spending: Nigel Lawson minute to Peter Walker (""Public Expenditure White Paper") [impact of miners' strike on figures for 1984-85] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 22 Tu | Major | Public spending: Howe PS minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper: FCO") [Howe will not make further adjustments to FCO programmes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Brittan-Rees-Armstrong-Middleton) [difficulty acheiving goal of holding expenditure constant] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT ("The Pharmaceutical Industry") [control over the drugs budget] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 7 Th | Major | Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT (meeting with Lawson) [Lawson becoming worried about public spending prospects] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 17 Su | Major | Public spending: Rees PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Public Expenditure: Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee (TCSC) Hearing") [notes for Rees' appearance] [declassified Dec 2014] |