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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Showing items 21 - 29 of 29
| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| 89 Jan 13 Fr | Major | Local Government: Major letter to Ridley ("Local authority capital: arrangements for 1989 survey") [new system for local authority capital spending] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Mar 7 Tu | Major | Local Government: Walker PS letter to Major PS ("Local authority interest rate swaps") ["concern that the transactions might be ultra vires"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Mar 28 Tu | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Lord Young ("National Exhibition Centre: Local Government and Housing Bill") ["effect of... proposals on local authority interests in companies"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Feb 21 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Major) ["Local authority swaps and options: Hammersmith and Fulham"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 89 Feb 10 Fr | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Major ("Local authority capital finance: stabilisation measures") ["to prevent an unacceptable surge in... spending over the next 14 months"] [declassified July 2017] |
| 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] |