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

PREM19/1560
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance; Chequers meeting on Community Charge) (Part 26)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 369
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85 May 20 Mon Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (85) 1st ("Local Government Finance Studies") [Most confidential record] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 16 Thu Community Charge: Lawson paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (85) 3 ("Local Government Finance Studies") ["the proposal for a poll tax would be completely unworkable and politically catastrophic"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 31 Sun Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Waldegrave, Whitelaw, Jenkin, Younger, Baker, Edwards, Rees, Young, Gummer, Ancram; Rothschild, Butler, Heiser, Redwood, Brearley, Meyer) [Chequers seminar on local government finance studies - origins of community charge] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tue Community Charge: Lord Rothschild letter to Robin Butler ("Local Authority Finance") ["The Community Charge is, I believe, a winner. But I am nervous lest it is accidentally or deliberately misinterpreted, for example: 'Tories hit the poor again'"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fri Community Charge: Redwood and Letwin minute for MT ("Local Government Finance Reform") [DOE 'Specifiction Report' - "a number of unpleasant effects ... Unless some of them can be sorted out this reform is unattractive"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 16 Thu Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 17th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal industry, Bradford stadium fire) [most confidential record discussion of RPI] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Thu Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 18th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland, local government, unemployment) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 18 Thu Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 2 Thu Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 15th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs), Economic Affairs, Gas Privatisation, Legislative programme, social security review [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 9 Thu Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 16th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, social security review) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tue Community Charge: Jenkin paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (85) 1 ("Local Government Finance Studies: Introductory and Specification Reports") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tue Community Charge: Joseph paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (85) 2 ("Local Government Finance and Education") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tue Community Charge: Younger PS to No.10 ("Rates and revaluation in Scotland") [Scottish conference resolution; MT - "We can't take IMMEDIATE action"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 Wed Community Charge: Heiser letter to Armstrong ("Local Government Finance Studies") [tight timetable for working up Waldegrave recommendations for May; need for cooperation among departments] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 4 Thu Community Charge: MT letter to Lord Rothschild (thanks for report on Local Authority Finance) ["Your contribution ... has had precisely the effect which I hoped for. ... fresh eye ... incisive approach ... I hope that you will keep a fatherly eye on the infant's development"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 12 Fri Community Charge: Jenkin speech in Liskeard (local government finance)
85 Apr 15 Mon Community Charge: Letwin minute for MT ("Abolition of GLC: Trust for voluntary bodies") [supports Baker proposal - "sensible method of defusing what could otherwise turn into a nasty revolt"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fri Community Charge: Letwin minute for Addison ("Leader of the Association of District Councils") [MT should grant request to see him; "essential to carry Conservative opinion"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fri Community Charge: Letwin minute for Addison ("Local Authority Capital Spending: Audit Commission Report") [in line with Waldegrave proposals for "one, simple control of net borrowing ... absolute freedom for local authorities to raise and spend money on capital projects as they see fit"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tue Community Charge: Baker and Waldegrave cabinet paper ("The Local Government Finance Studies: Introductory Report") [circulated as E(LF) 85 1] [released Dec 2014]