1988 Aug 2 - 1989 May 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2762
Local Government (Relations between central and local government: local authority expenditure) (Part 36)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 415 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 89 May 25 Th | Key | Local Government: Ridley minute to MT ("Role of local authorities") [stock-taking meeting; "[our] major programme of incremental reform ... is now resulting in a seachange in attitudes ... I would advise against another wave of radical reform in the immediate future"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Apr 26 We | Key | Local Government: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("Role of local authorities") [MT "rather surprised" by Conservative County Council manifesto reference to no further significant structural reforms; was not consulted; requests meeting with Ridley and paper] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 9 Tu | Major | Local Government: Ridley minute to MT (Local Government and Housing Bill) [Community Charge Registration Officers] [declassified July 2017] |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Simplified needs assessments") [consultation with local authorities: Major's agreement to Ridley paper subject to conditions] [declassified July 2017] |
| 88 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Major ("Local authority fees and charges") ["a number of issues concerning the nature of the enabling power which remain to be resolved"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Mar 23 Th | Major | Local Government: Major letter to Ridley ("Treatment of local authority current expenditure in the 1989 survey") [agreement on how to proceed] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Jan 16 Mo | Major | Local Government: Luce letter to Ridley ("Local fees and charges") [draft statement to Parliament on "use [of] the Local Government Housing Bill to protect the core of the free public library service"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 88 Nov 2 We | Major | Local Government: Major letter to Ridley ("Local authority capital expenditure: cash limits and end year flexibility") ["we must act swiftly so as to remove any obligation to give local authorities this end year flexibility bonus"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 88 Nov 28 Mo | Major | Local Government: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("Local authority fees and charges") [MT's key concerns in relation to Major/Ridley dispute over provisions in Local Government and Housing Bill relating to local authority powers to set fees & charges for specific services] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Feb 3 Fr | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Major ("Local government finance: consultation with local authority associations") ["my further proposals for handling the 1989 round"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Mar 8 We | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Wakeham (Local Government and Housing Bill: Audit Commission provision) [amendment to address "inadequacies in... powers to arrange for the certification of grant claims and other financial returns by local authorities"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 24 We | Major | Local Government: Rifkind letter to Ridley ("Local Government and Housing Bill") [amendments to Right to Buy provisions] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 25 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Ridley, Parkinson, Major) ["Local Authority Grant Settlement 1990/91" - No.10 text with draft] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Apr 19 We | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Wakeham ("New burdens on local government") ["latest list of Central Government initiatives"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 88 Nov 18 Fr | Major | Local Government: Tony Newton letter to Ridley ("Local authority economic development") [proposed amendment to forthcoming annoucement; inner city regeneration] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 22 Mo | Major | Local Government: Ridley minute to MT ("Local Authority Grant Settlement 1989") ["aim for sufficient grant ... that will ensure that community charges in the first year can (or could be) set at reasonable levels"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 25 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Hammersmith and Fulham") ["swap transactions... legal proceedings may be initiated next week"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Feb 15 We | Major | Local Government: Hurd letter to Ridley ("Local authority capital expenditure: law and order services") ["how I propose to integrate [them]... into the new capital control system"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 24 We | Major | Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local Authority Grant Settlement 1990-91") ["particularly sensitive because it will be the first year of the community charge. The purpose of this informal meeting is... a chance to assess the position, in preparation for E(LF)"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 May 25 Th | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Rifkind (Local Government and Housing Bill) [proposed amendment] [declassified July 2017] |