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1989 Jun 1 - 1989 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2764
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 13)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 355
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89 Jun 30 Fri Local Government: Ridley PS minute to No.10 ("Grant settlement: safety nets, etc") ["a number of further exemplifications of possible alternative treatments of the safety net"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jun 30 Fri Local Government: Gray minute for No.10 ("Community Charge Safety Nets") [MT: "Baffling! More & more variations"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jul 21 Fri Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major (publicity) [current initiatives, next campaign push] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 8 Thu Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Standard Community Charge") [adverse publicity diverting attention from positive points] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 29 Thu Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Standard Community Charge") [proposed multiplier not acceptable in Scotland] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 5 Wed Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Revenue Support Grant Settlement 1990/91: The Safety Net") [reasonable for some of the losses from moving to the new system to come through in the first year] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 7 Wed Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [amendments to proposals to phase in effect of new system] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 10 Mon Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("MPs and Community Charge") ["standard charge is likely to be a contentious issue next year"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 6 Thu Community Charge: Turnbull minute to Policy Unit ("MPs and Community Charge") ["the standard charge simply replaces rates in this system"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 6 Thu Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("MPs and Community Charge") ["Ministers with constituencies outside London could be potentially very embarrassed"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 30 Fri Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Gray ("Standard Community Charge") [differences between England and Scotland, proposals for change] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 15 Thu Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Gray ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [treatment of gainers, small business threshold] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 16 Fri Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Gray ("Transition to Community Charge: Impact on RPI in April 1990") [basis for inclusion in the RPI] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 21 Fri Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge Benefit") [government needs to emphasise how extensive rebates will be] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 2 Fri Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge") [charge liability of the Thatchers at No.10] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 2 Fri Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge Capping in Scotland") [views of ministers on selective use of capping over coming years] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 14 Wed Community Charge: John Major minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [retain present limits on increases in rate bills for the losers] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 3 Mon Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("Inner London Transition Grant") [education costs] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jun 9 Fri Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to MT ("Uniform Business Rate and Revaluation: Transitional Arrangements") [threshold for small business in Wales] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 24 Mon Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Moore PS ("Community Charge Benefit") [investigate doubling the capital limit] [released Dec 2016]