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1987 Aug 3 - 1987 Nov 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2307
Local Government (Future of the rating system; rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 8)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Secret
Page count: 262
Themes: Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)

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Date Value Title
87 Jul 31 Fr Minor Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") [exercise to "illustrate the turbulence that might be expected" following a revaluation] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 3 Mo Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge Exemptions") ["severely mentally handicapped", residents of care homes, students] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 3 Mo Minor Community Charge: Mark Addison note to Policy Unit ("Adam Smith Institute Views on Community Charge") [unfair comparisons with existing rates] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 5 We Minor Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Role of the Treasurer") [dealing with potential illegality and impropriety in councils] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 6 Th Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [seeking approval for transfer of delegated functions] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 8 Sa Major Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to MT ("Community Charge - Transitional Arrangements") [how the new system will work] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 10 Mo Major Community Charge: Ian Lang minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate and the Community Charge Rebates: Uprating of Income Support") [need to demonstrate fairness of the package of reforms] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 10 Mo Minor Community Charge: Mark Addison minute to Ridley PS ("Role of the Treasurer") [MT wants advice from Law Officers] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Minor Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [reservations about format of the Charge demand] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Minor Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [need to ensure rebate system is simple] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate and Community Charge Rebates: Uprating of Income Support") [complications around timetabling, phasing in arrangements, and national social security systems] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Major Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") [proposals for a new study] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Minor Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Role of the Treasurer") [support proposals to prevent illegal or imprudent spending decisions by local authorities] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 11 Tu Minor Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge Exemptions") [student discount, rebates, disablement allowance] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 12 We Minor Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [no objection to the proposal] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 14 Fr Minor Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Role of the Treasurer") [vacancies, use of the stop power] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 14 Fr Minor Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates and the Community Charge: Income Support") [adjustments to income support to take account of the Charge] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 21 Fr Minor Community Charge: Fowler PS minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [payments by NHS authorities] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 21 Fr Minor Community Charge: Andy Bearpark minute to Ridley PS ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [control over national non-domestic rate for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
87 Aug 30 Su Minor Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rates and the Community Charge Rebates: Presentation of the Uprating of Income Support") ["we need to extract maximum presentational advantage from our decision"] [released Feb 2016]