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PREM19/1614
Regional Policy (Inner city policy: Urban Development Corporations: Government help for Liverpool and Merseyside) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 340
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83 Feb 1 Tu Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, Jenkin, Alison) [MT “very concerned that the Council should have acted in this way, essentially for doctrinaire reasons”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Sep 29 Th Major Local government: Department of Environment briefing (“Merseyside”) [“The DoE want to initiate another round of projects with an even bigger budget”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 11 Tu Major Local government: Jenkin PS minute to No.10 (“Proposed Athletics Centre in Docklands”) [Selsdon’s requests for financial assistance] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 20 Th Major Local government: Tebbit minute to Jenkin (“Merseyside”) [Merseyside Task Force report, activities of companies in the area] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 20 Th Major Education: Joseph minute to MT (“Education on Merseyside”) [“the number of educational institutions is inefficiently and expensively out of line with reduced demand”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Dec 12 Mo Major Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Liverpool”) [current situation and possible developments] [released Dec 2014]
83 Dec 14 We Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (meeting on situation in Liverpool) [MT said “External pressures should be allowed to exert themselves and the Government should avoid appearing to issue threats”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Dec 20 Tu Major Local government: Tebbit minute to King (“Method of designating Assisted Areas”) [will need power to designate by reference to local authority wards] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 3 Tu Minor Local government: Ryder minute to Flesher (“London Docklands”) [dates for proposed visits] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 3 Tu Major Transport: Ingham minute to MT (“London Docklands Railway”) [hears “there is a big row brewing over the tendering for this project”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major Local government: Department of Employment minute to Tebbit (“Method of designating Assisted Areas”) [“Travel to Work Areas (TTWAs) will of course no longer be defined in terms of employment office areas”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 26 Th Major Economy: Barclay minute to Department of Employment (Liverpool community programme scheme) [proposed MT visit] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 7 Tu Major Local government: Jenkin PS minute to No.10 (Liverpool finances) [“Members of the Labour Group continue to threaten to rate inadequately in 1984/85”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 8 We Major Local government: Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS (“Liverpool”) [“she feels there might well be circumstances in which the Government should stand aside right up to the breaking of a crisis”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 22 We Major Local government: Department of Environment note for record (meeting with Liverpool City Council) [“the Council was united in its determination to get what it wanted, if necessary by taking to the streets”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 23 Th Major Economy: Bishop of Liverpool letter to Jenkin (situation in Liverpool) [“a generation which has already grown up with no prospect of work”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 29 We Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (meeting on situation in Liverpool) [“agreed that the Government’s objective should be to increase the pressure on Labour Councillors to make a legal rate”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 5 Mo Major Local government: AGO drafts (statement on local government spending) [government help for Merseyside and Liverpool] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 13 Tu Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jenkin, etc) [“Although an illegal rate could not be ruled out, the more likely outcome was now that no rate would be made at all”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 16 Fr Major Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“The River Mersey initiative”) [“convinced of its cumulative benefits and long-term potential”] [released Dec 2014]