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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
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89 Sep 14 Thu Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Baker-Patten-Major) [local authority grant settlement - expectations of transition problems] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 8 Fri 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 Sep 6 Wed 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 Aug 7 Mon 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 Aug 2 Wed Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Peter Walker ("Formula Rating Reviews") [assessments for industries whose rateable values are determined by statutory formula] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 14 Thu Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Geoffrey Howe (legislation) [revisions to the bill] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 30 Sat Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("Community Charge: Publicity") ["We are starting from a fairly good base"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Aug 3 Thu Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont (publicity) [encouraging awareness of rebates] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 12 Tue Community Charge: James Douglas-Hamilton minute to Chris Patten ("Formula Rating Review") [rateable value for industries - experience in Scotland] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: James Douglas-Hamilton minute to Chris Patten ("Personal Community Charge: Exemption for the Severely Mentally Impaired") [legislative changes to definition "proving increasingly controversial and difficult to justify"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Aug 9 Wed Community Charge: Caroline Slocock minute to Newton PS ("Capital Limit for Community Charge Benefit") [proposals would increase the numbers dependent on benefit] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 22 Fri Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Rating Appeals and the 1990 Rating Revaluation") ["The action that we took has been effective"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 26 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Community Charge Transitional Relief") ["the number and the size of losses faced by individuals does... constitute a substantial political problem"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 12 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Formula Rating Review") ["no single method can be applied satisfactorily across the board"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Aug 22 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Formula Rating Review") [setting cumulo rateable values for formula rated industries for 1990] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 29 Fri Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Lawson-Baker-Moore-Ridley) [transitional relief, safety net] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 4 Mon Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge Safety Net") [meetings to discuss possible changes] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 8 Fri 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 22 Fri Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Gray ("Transitional Relief for the Community Charge") [legislation will be needed, the scheme will be a considerable administrative task] [released Dec 2016]
89 Sep 12 Tue Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Local Authority Grant Settlement") [should further changes be made to proposals for 1990-91] [released Dec 2016]