1986 Nov 3 - 1987 Feb 25
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2299
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 31)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Oct 31 |
| Classification: | Secret and Personal |
| Page count: | 293 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 86 Dec 12 Fr | Major | Local Government: Association of District Councils letter to MT (meeting to discuss reform of local government finance) ["I appreciate greatly your receiving us and believe the discussions were very constructive"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 10 We | Major | Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Total Expenditure Bill") ["Cabinet tomorrow is the last opportunity to inform all colleagues of what will be a very sensitive piece of legislation"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Feb 6 Fr | Major | Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local authorities creative accounting and financial prudence") ["an opportunity to discuss the Government's strategy towards those local authorities facing possible financial collapse"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 1 Mo | Major | Local Government: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Total Expenditure Bill") [Whitelaw, Ridley, Edwards, Biffen, MacGregor, Lang, Wakeham, Lord Denham] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Nov 6 Th | Major | Local Government: Cabinet Secretary letter to Permanent Secretary Department of the Environment ("Leak investigation: Local Government Finance") [recommended actions] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Jan 29 Th | Major | Local Government: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Local authority credit standing") ["a line to take on the Audit Commission's report on London Boroughs, so as to make it clear that the Government does not stand behind their debts"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 16 Tu | Minor | Local government: Department of the Environment letter to No.10 ("Islington's Debt") [Norgrove - "I think I had better move house!"; MT - "Not to Southwark!"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Nov 20 Fr | Major | Local government: Douglas Hurd letter to Nick Ridley ("Local Government Bill: Homosexuality Amendment") [welcomes principle but warns against criminalising opinion] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 5 Fr | Major | Local Government: Edwards letter to Ridley (Total Expenditure Bill) ["coming under increasing pressure to announce the 1987/88 RSG Settlement for Wales"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Nov 24 Mo | Major | Local Government: Edwards PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meeting with local authority associations to dicuss reform of local government finance) ["in Wales there has by no means been the total opposition to the Green Paper which is implied by the associations in their letter"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Feb 23 Mo | Key | Local Government: FCO briefing for MT ("E(LF) meeting on 26 February: review of local authority fees and charges") [MT opposes charging for library services] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Jan 16 Fr | Major | Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to John MacGregor (specific grants to local authorities) ["we must retain the flexibility to introduce new grants, and... increases in specific grant should be subject to collective agreement"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Feb 9 Mo | Major | Local Government: Kenneth Baker note to MT (transfer of public assets to private ownership) [magazine property sales advert: "abolition in action!"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Nov 24 Mo | Major | Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["being held now because the Scottish bill is to be published later this week... the local authority associations are likely to make hostile statements to the press afterwards"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 31 We | Minor | Local Government: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office (London Borough of Brent: receipt of fake correspondence) [abusive letter with fake 'Prime Minister' letterhead] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Nov 24 Mo | Major | Local Government: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchquer PS ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["The Prime Minister found this absurd and has said it must be stopped"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Dec 15 Mo | Major | Local Government: No.10 letter to Whitelaw PS (Prime Minister's meeting with Lady Porter) [request for briefing] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Jan 29 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (Housing policy and the future role of local authorities) [Ridley papers: cover note only; "I suggest a meeting with Mr. Ridley and the Chancellor"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 86 Nov 25 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Edwards, Rifkind, Ingham, Peter Stredder, Chairmen of the the four local authority Associations) ["Meeting with the Local Authority Associations": "All of the associations opposed the community charge"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
| 87 Feb 9 Mo | Major | Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham) ["Local Government legislation": 'pruning' the Local Government Bill] [declassified Oct 2016] |