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1984 Mar 15 - 1985 Mar 8
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1455
Economic policy (The Budget, 1984 and 1985) (Part 13)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 364
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84 Sep 14 Fr Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("1985 Budget Date") [Lawson proposes 19 March; MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Timetable to the Autumn Statement") [Public Expenditure Survey; BT flotation] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 6 Fr Major Economic Policy: John Moore letter to Nicholas Ridley (Budget changes in Corporation Tax: effect on the shipping industry) ["We have tried to find changes [to the Finance Bill] which will be of real help": details] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tu Major Economic Policy: Peter Walker letter to Rees ("IFR: Corporation Tax") [Rees defends 'extra tax' for private companies] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 30 We Major Economic Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to No.10 ("Friendly Societies") ["legal doubts over the validity of some 300,000 insurance contracts... legislation to reassure policy holders and clarify the tax position"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 9 We Major Economic Policy: Alan Walters letter to The American Community School Ltd. (extension of tax concessions on expenses of foreigners resident in the UK) [concerns about provisions in the Finance Bill] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 2 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT (impact of increases in tax thresholds on the number of taxpayers) [factors behind fall in number of taxpayers; follow-up to MT meeting with Ralph Howell MP] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 4 We Major Economic Policy: Alan Walters minute to Andrew Turnbull ("DLT Clause 117") [concern that Finance Bill clause could impair security of existing mortgages] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 20 Tu Major Economic Policy: Treasury letter to Alan Walters (Fiscal Policy) [Peter Middleton comments on 'sensitivities' in draft Walters article prior to its publication] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 20 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Government economic policy post-1984 Budget) ["appeal to wider interests of voters as a whole coupled with careful reading of the differences within any given interest group can provide a basis for acceptable and often popular change"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 20 Tu Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Nicholas Ridley (impact of the 1984 Budget on the shipping industry) [Lawson delineates the positives; case against inclusion of shipping in the Business Expansion Scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fr Minor Economic Policy: No.10 minute to Treasury ("Budget Security") [handling of Budget-related documents within No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 22 Th Minor Economic Policy: Director-Secretary of Equipment Leasing Association Ltd. letter (Equipment Leasing Association's reactions to the Budget) [cover letter with press release attached] [declassified Dec 2014]