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1985 Jan 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1559
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance; beginning of Community Charge) (Part 25)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 425
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85 Mar 25 Mo Major Community Charge: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local Government Bill: London") ["meeting with Environment Ministers and Business Managers: 26 March 1985"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 1 Fr Minor Community Charge: Caroline Ryder note to MT (GLC Abolition) [meeting with Lady Porter] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 13 We Major Community Charge: George Young minute (GLC housing) [post-abolition arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 27 We Major Community Charge: George Younger minute to MT ("Rates and Revaluation in Scotland") [figures for authorities which have stuck to their rates is alarming] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 5 Tu Major Community Charge: George Younger minute to MT ("Rates and Revaluation in Scotland") [package to ease the impact on domestic ratepayers; MT - "It is pretty PATHETIC - but Scotland must carry the can"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 12 Tu Major Community Charge: Hartley Booth minute for MT ("Hackney Council") [trying to get radio tapes of council proceedings refusing to set a rate] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Major Community Charge: Jenkin letter to Councillor Alan Greengross (abolition of the GLC) [rejects Greengross's proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 27 We Major Community Charge: Jenkin PS letter to Robin Butler ("Local Government Finance Studies: Chequers Presentation") [suggested agenda] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fr Major Community Charge: Jenkin PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Publicity on Obstruction and Illegal Action by Local Authorities") [draft speaking notes] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major Community Charge: Jenkin PS minute to David Barclay ("Abolition of the GLC: Future Use of County Hall") [any new owner would want to carry out extensive work] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 15 Fr Key Community Charge: John Redwood briefing for MT (meeting with Lord Rothschild) [Rothschild's thinking] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 14 Mo Major Community Charge: Keith Joseph minute to Patrick Jenkin ("New Burdens on Local Government") [cost of new responsibilities] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 22 Tu Major Community Charge: Keith Joseph minute to Patrick Jenkin (Widdicombe Committee) [possible members] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 28 Th Major Community Charge: Ken Baker letter to Sherbourne ("Early Warning - Planning in the South") [backbench Conservative hostility to more housing being built in the south east] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 26 Tu Major Community Charge: Ken Baker minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Abolition: Counter Obstruction") [amendment at Report Stage] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 31 Th Major Community Charge: Kenneth Baker letter to Keith Joseph ("The developing political crisis in our cities") ["The hard Left ... really do hope that the Government can be brought down by widespread action in the inner cities"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 19 Tu Major Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Abolition: Voluntary Bodies: A Trust for London") [aimed at providing reassurance about the future of voluntary bodies] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 We Major Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Patrick Jenkin (Abolition Bill) [controls over obstructive GLC and Metropolitan County Councils activities] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 15 Fr Minor Community Charge: Kenneth Baker PS letter to Jenkin PS (building for ILEA) [best line is that no final decision needed at this point] [released Dec 2014]
85 Mar 11 Mo Major Community Charge: Lady Porter minute to Kenneth Baker ("GLC Abolition and Westminster's Political Role") [GLC mis-information likely to give the government trouble] [released Dec 2014]