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1986 Sep 2 - 1987 Jan 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2304
Local Government (Future of the rating system; rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Secret
Page count: 341
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86 Nov 6 Th Major Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep all options open] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 6 Th Major Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [logic is that everyone should pay the charge] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 6 Th Major Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [wants similar proposals for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 6 Th Major Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of courts] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 7 Fr Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of Homes and Hostels") [pressure for exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 7 Fr Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [information on registrations] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 7 Fr Major Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Treatment of Water Charges") [not eligible for rebate] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 9 Su Major Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Nicholas Ridley (non-domestic rates) [poundage should be uniform] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 10 Mo Major Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [enforcement of payment] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebate levels] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [likely political pressure] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non-Domestic Rates") [preference for a national non-domestic rate] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [proposals for poundage] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 12 We Major Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [access to police records] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 12 We Major Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [separate poundage for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 13 Th Major Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non Domestic Rates") [transitional arrangement to avoid outcry from businesses] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 14 Fr Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government - Non-Domestic Rates") [freezing and indexing only a temporary solution] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 14 Fr Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [calculation of rate, operation of system] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 14 Fr Major Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Unified Business Rate") [Ridley proposes uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]
86 Nov 17 Mo Major Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates") [proposal for a uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]