1989 Aug 1 - 1989 Oct 1
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2765
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 14)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 324 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Aug 7 Mo | Major | Local Government: Ralph Howell memorandum ("An Alternative to the Community Charge") ["The Community Charge is a major mistake and should be abandoned"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 6 We | Major | Local Government: Patten minute to MT ("Local authority grant settlement") ["There is a good deal of political pressure developing [over community charge] ... and I have therefore also been considering some possible modifications"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 8 Fr | Major | Local Government: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Local Authority Grant Settlement") ["I do recognize we are faced with a potentially difficult parliamentary situation"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Aug 8 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to MT ("Community Charge Benefit") [capital limit for pensioners] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 8 Fr | Major | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local Authority Grant Settlement") [perception that something needs to be done to ease the safety net problem] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 26 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Relief Scheme") [how to calculate relief] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 22 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Gray ("Community Charge") [transitional relief system: "administratively and legally the task is going to be... formidable"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 29 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute Slocock ("Standard Spending Assessments (SSAs)") [Treasury thinks DoE proposals are broadly okay] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Aug 21 Mo | Minor | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Norman Lamont ("Application of Surplus Local Authority Receipts") [suggestion of transferring surplus receipts to other bodies] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Aug 29 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Chris Patten ("Formula Rating Reviews") [valuations based on a methodology consistent with rating valuation principles] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 18 Mo | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Patten PS ("Formula Rating Review") [maximum effort should be made to return to conventional rating in context of 1995 revaluation] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 15 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("The Form of the Community Charge Bill") [latest amendments] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 14 Th | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Future Handling of Work on Community Charge") [preparation for meeting groups] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 29 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Charge") [possible relief for payers] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 15 Fr | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Formula Rating Review") [Patten says his proposals are the best available] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 26 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge: Bilateral Talk with Chris Patten") [Patten's latest views are radical] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 23 Sa | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge: Bilateral Talk with Chris Patten") [existing plans, spending, costing] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 27 We | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge") ["getting the introduction of the Community Charge right is the top priority"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 4 Mo | Major | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge Safety Net") [meetings to discuss possible changes] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 13 We | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge and the Safety Net") [Patten and Lawson "will adopt fiercely opposed positions"] [released Dec 2016] |