Archive

1986 May 2 - 1986 Oct 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1840
Manpower (Employment policy: employment measures; review of employment policies) (Part 14)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 235
Any docs withheld?

Selections from this file

Showing items 21 - 40 of 47

Per page:
Date Value Title
86 Sep 8 Mo Major Manpower: Institute of Directors letter to MT (‘black economy’ and confusion about the tax system) [tax amnesty proposal] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 15 Mo Major Manpower: Lord Young briefing for MT (“Review of Unemployment Policies”) [“where we now stand and my view of our priorities”] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 15 Mo Major Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Meeting with Lord Young”) [unemployment policy] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 15 Mo Major Manpower: Channon letter to John MacGregor (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 16 Tu Major Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Young) [“Review of unemployment policies”] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 25 Th Major Manpower: Kenneth Clarke letter to John MacGregor (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 25 Th Major Manpower: Lord Young letter to John MacGregor (‘back to work’ initiatives) [request to announce proposed new measures at Party conference] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 26 Fr Major Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to Mr. P.A. Paine (Restart Programme for the long-term unemployed) [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 26 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Unemployment in the North East”) [proposal that lower wages would attract investment] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 2 Th Major Manpower: Rifkind letter to John MacGregor (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 3 Fr Major Manpower: Nicholas Ridley letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 6 Mo Major Manpower: Wyn Roberts letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 7 Tu Major Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 7 Tu Major Manpower: Tom King letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 7 Tu Major Manpower: Jopling letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [rural areas] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 8 We Major Manpower: Rifkind letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [agrees to proposed advisory group to complement work of Scottish Development Agency subject to additional funding] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 9 Th Major Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Action for Jobs”) [“powerful evidence of the value of television advertising”] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 10 Fr Major Manpower: John Moore letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 13 Mo Major Manpower: Channon letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 14 Tu Major Manpower: John MacGregor letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [“I still have a number of serious reservations about the whole proposal”] [declassified 2014]