1986 Jun 6 - 1986 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1836
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 30)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 266 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 86 Oct 28 Tu | Minor | Local Government: Department of the Environment letter to Cabinet Office ("Leak investigation: local government finance") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | Local Government: Edwards letter to Ridley ("Rate Support Grant settlement - 1987/88 unallocated margins") ["The device has worked well in Wales and I see no technical difficulty if you were to adopt a similar scheme..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Local Government: Edwards PS letter to Whitelaw PS ("Welsh Rate Support Grant settlement 1987-88") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Major | Local Government: Lord Elton letter to MT (strategic planning guidance for the South East) ["...following the abolition of the GLC..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 11 Th | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Ridley ("Specific grants to local authorities") [thoughts on the E(LF) committee working group's first report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 25 Fr | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Whitelaw ("Local authority capital controls") ["Clearly we must take action to bring this expenditure under proper control"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1987/88") ["...I was invited to discuss with [Ridley]... the way in which slopes and other mechanisms might be increased to reinforce block grant pressures, and to reconsider the RSG settlement for 1987-88 in the light of that discussion..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 22 Mo | Major | Local Government: MT letter to Councillor Paul Beresford, London Borough of Wandsworth (local authority capital expenditure control system) ["...most impressed with what you and your colleagues in the Conservative administration have achieved..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 9 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Local authority finance") ["...the Lord President is furious with the Chancellor. He feels that his authority... has been questioned"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital controls") [Ridley press release and letter to Chairmen of local authorities: Government determined to retain control but no major legislation while system under review] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 19 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital expenditure controls") ["...discussions about the future of the capital control regime, following the Green Paper on Local Authority Finance, have now got caught up with the spending plans for 1987-88..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 6 Fr | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local government finance") ["Ministers at E(LA) have begun squaring up for the 1987-88 RSG Settlement. You might find it helpful to have a progress report"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 17 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Local authority capital control system") [meeting with Whitelaw to discuss problems with current system and Ridley's proposed changes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local government finance") ["A further progress report on discussions in E(LA)... moving towards a consensus on local authority finance next year"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 29 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1987-88: service distribution") ["...next May the Government [faces] district council elections... very unhelpful if, at such a sensitive time, district councils could point to large rate increases"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Oct 10 Fr | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Specific grants to local authorities") ["...tend to increase overall local authority expenditure compared to... a general grant"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Minor | Local Government: Ridley letter to Moore (Birmingham City Council) ["...abuses of contractual process..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Minor | Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("New burdens on local government") ["...latest lists of Government initiatives having resource implications..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant and rate-capping: total expenditure") [John Moore: "It is obviously deporable that we have yet again to be contemplating emergency retrospective legislation on the rate support grant system. The sooner that simpler arrangements... are put in place, the better"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw (Rate Support Grant settlement, rate limitation and capital spending) [statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |