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1984 Apr 27 - 1985 Jan 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1615
Regional Policy (Inner city policy: Urban Programme; illegal rate setting by Liverpool City Council; appointment of commissioners; reorganisation of schools) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 334
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84 Jun 12 Tu Major Education: David Barclay minute to MT (“Liverpool”) [Joseph “is maintaining his preference for modifying the Council’s proposals rather than outright rejection”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 18 Mo Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (meeting on situation in Liverpool) [financial position of City Council] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Local government: David Barclay minute to Butler, MT (“Possible visit to Liverpool”) [proposes keeping plans quiet “to minimise the inevitable disruption and demonstrations”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Local government: Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS (“Liverpool: Commissioners”) [MT’s response to Jenkin’s suggestions for appointments] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Local government: Turnbull note to MT (Jenkin’s stance on Liverpool) [“Jenkin seems to have done well in shepherding Liverpool back towards the fold without conceding much in 1984-85”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Local government: Heseltine minute to MT (Liverpool Commissioners) [“It is essential to consider now a private list of people who could be approached if - against all our wishes and efforts - we are forced to intervene”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (meeting with Liverpool City Council) [plans for 1985-6 budget, possible rate increase agreement] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 26 Tu Major Local government: No.10 record of conversation (meeting on situation in Liverpool) [Jenkin “thinks the Liverpool City Council are genuinely anxious to strike a legal rate at their meeting”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 26 Tu Major Local government: Flesher minute to Butler (“Paving Bill”) [principal objection of the Lords has been met] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 26 Tu Major Local government: Turnbull minute to MT (Jenkin-Rees meeting on Liverpool) [“For 1985-86 Mr. Jenkin wishes to give Liverpool an assurance that he will be able to give additional help”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 26 Tu Major Local government: Jenkin PS to No10 (Jenkin letter to Liverpool City Council) [“what he had in mind was the provision of a further £10 million”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 28 Th Major Local government: Robert Young minute to MT (“The Urban Programme - Policy Review”) [“Keep an Urban Programme, confine it to, and set clear objectives for, housing, the elimination of derelict land, and the support of voluntary social projects in the worst areas”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 29 Fr Major Local government: Younger minute to Jenkin (“Urban Programme Review”) [“I can sustain our present position probably until the summer recess but beyond that we could be in a very difficult position”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 12 Th Major Local government: David Alton letter to Chester District Auditor (Liverpool City Council budget and rates) [“those responsible for the introduction of an unlawful budget must be held to account for their actions”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 12 Th Major Local government: Jenkin statement (“Liverpool’s rate for 1984/85”) [“Liverpool City Council have wasted many months in totally unnecessary confrontation”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 17 Tu Major Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (Liverpool budget and rates) [“It is the City Council that has suffered a humiliating climb down not the Government which has given in to threats of illegal action”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 25 We Major Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Liverpool City Council”) [“we achieved the overriding objective of persuading the City Council to make a lawful rate”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 11 Th Minor Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Future of the Liverpool Garden Festival site”) [“it will be possible, while meeting the immediate demand for housing sites, to retain most of the best gardens for next summer at least”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 12 Fr Major Local government: Robert Young minute to MT (“The Urban Programme - Misc 104”) [criticises Environment Department’s response to programme review] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 12 Fr Major Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Urban Programme resources (Misc 104(84)5)”) [proposed distribution of cuts, level of resources for the programme] [released Dec 2014]