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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2948
Economic Policy (Prime Minister's bilaterals with the Chancellor of the Exchequer) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 195
Any docs withheld? 3

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89 Oct 24 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 25 October") [markets; public expenditure; Alan Walters' article] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 5 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 6 December") [local authority SWAPS; markets] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Nov 8 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 9 November") [lobby briefing fracas; economic prospects] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jan 10 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 11 January") [Lawson's meetings in Washington; review body reports; markets] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 18 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [public expenditure negotiations; social security budget; economic forecast; the Gulf; family policies on taxation and child benefit] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Nov 13 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 14 November") [Autumn Statement; meeting of ECOFIN; Poland and the IMF] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Oct 5 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 6 October") [markets - quiet this week; party conference; new National Savings Instrument] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Sep 28 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 29 September") [debrief on Berlin IMF meetings; markets; public expenditure] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major Economic Policy: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Stamp Duty") [announcing year-end abolition of stamp duty on share transactions in budget will not distort market] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Oct 2 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 3 October") [markets/interest rates; civil service pay; balancing items; pension funds; Bank of England Deputy Governor] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 May 10 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [IMF quotas; RPI figures; ERM entry] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 May 22 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 23 May") [lack of progress on reducing inflation; markets; informal ECOFIN Council] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Economic Indicators") [international background; UK monetary stance; demand; output; inflation; balance of payments] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jan 31 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 1 February") [the Budget; G7 meeting; speechmaking plans] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jan 16 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [pay review bodies; economic indicators; markets; Bank of England appointments/pay; pension fund assets; Chevening meeting] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 May 3 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 note for the record (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [visit to Italy; single currency; Community Charge; IMF] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 May 9 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 10 May") [no need for meeting unless markets demand it; dollar "very strong ... substantial intervention" to defend sterling] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Sep 5 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 6 September") [markets; Scottish CBI speech; Star Chamber membership] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Dec 13 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [markets: intervention policy, Delors Committee] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 May 2 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 3 May") ["The big issue is what you decide to say to him about the Exchange Rate Mechanism .... you were minded to tackle this issue head on"] [declassified Jul 2017]