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1987 Dec 1 - 1988 Feb 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2464
Regional Policy (Inner Cities Initiative: action following report by Eric Sorensen; Ministerial and departmental responsibility for coordination and presentation of policy towards inner cities; Kenneth Clarke, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to assume coordination responsibility; designation of further Urban Development Corporations (UDCs); Canary Wharf development by Olympia & York) (Part 12)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 357
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87 Nov 30 Mo Major Regional Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Fowler, Ridley, Lord Young, Clarke, Channon, Major, Richard Wilson, Eric Sorensen, Andrew Lean, Hartley Booth) ["Inner Cities": Urban Development Corporations] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 4 Fr Major Regional Policy: Ridley minute to MT ("Mini UDCs") [Urban Development Corporations: PQ reply] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 4 Fr Major Regional Policy: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Inner cities") [MT "has come to no final decision on the nomination of a Minister"] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 8 Tu Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Inner cities") [draft press notice; staff support for Clarke] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 9 We Major Regional Policy: Clarke minute to MT ("Inner cities") ["what I regard as the initial priorities in my new role"; Ridley/Clarke demarcation] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 10 Th Major Regional Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley) ["Inner cities"] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 15 Tu Major Regional Policy: No.10 letter to Parkinson PS ("Black country") ["Urban Development Corporation's... concern over British Coal's opencast coal mining plans"] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 16 We Major Regional Policy: Hurd minute to MT ("Safer Cities") [roll-out of the strategy] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 18 Fr Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Inner Cities") [Robert Armstrong, Brian Hayes, Robin Butler, Richard Wilson: staff issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 21 Mo Major Regional Policy: No.10 minute to MT (inner cities: Hartley Booth visit to Washington) [video about urban regeneration campaigner] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 21 Mo Major Regional Policy: No.10 letter to Chief Executive of Business in the Community (involvement of private sector companies in the community) [invitation to MT to deliver keynote address] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Dec 24 Th Major Regional Policy: No.10 minute (internal) to Ingham ("Inner Cities/Safer Cities") [uncertainty as to whether Safer Cities initiative should be announced jointly with Inner Cities] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jan 5 Tu Major Regional Policy: Paul Reichmann letter to MT (Canary Wharf development) [invitation to launch of construction project] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jan 15 Fr Major Regional Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Inner cities") ["a note about future work... important that we minimise the scope for further disputes about Ministerial responsiblities"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jan 18 Mo Major Regional Policy: Clarke minute to MT ("Inner cities") [White Paper, Roadshows & other initiatives] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jan 20 We Major Regional Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Fowler, Ridley, Lord Young, Clarke, Channon, Major, Richard Wilson, Eric Sorensen, Hartley Booth) ["Inner Cities": media launch of 'Action for Cities' White Paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jan 26 Tu Major Regional Policy: Rifkind minute to MT ("Inner Cities") ["publication of a White Paper... raises the question of how to present our urban policy in Scotland"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Feb 4 Th Major Regional Policy: Ingham minute to Cabinet Office (Inner Cities: White Paper) [suggestions for improvement to draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Feb 5 Fr Major Regional Policy: Walker minute to MT ("Inner Cities") ["It is my clear view that the urban scene in Wales should not feature in the White Paper"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Feb 5 Fr Minor Regional Policy: Ridley letter to Major ("Simplification of urban grants") [declassified Jul 2016]