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1988 Sep 2 - 1990 Nov 15
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 Jun 27 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Weekly Bilateral with the Chancellor: 28 June") [Madrid post mortem - ask why Lawson thought it so crucial to set a date for entry; markets; legal reform; future business] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jul 25 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 26 July") [markets; junk bonds; Hong Kong] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Oct 22 Mo Major Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [ERM entry; interest rate cut; public spending round] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Nov 23 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 24 November") [markets in light of trade figures, interest rates; steel privatisation] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Dec 20 Tu Major Economic Policy: Andy Bearpark minute to MT (Bilateral with the Chancellor) [no specific topics - general discussion of state of the economy] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jan 17 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 18 January") [Delors Group; markets; rating appeals] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Mar 7 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 8 March") [speakers in the Budget debate; markets; Budget speech] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Apr 25 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 26 April") [markets/trade figures; computer hacking; Off-shore Supplies Office; Ian Percival (legal aid); sponsorship role in government departments] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 May 23 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Talk with the Chancellor: 24 May") [to discuss "latest position on the markets"; MT minded to go along with an interest change if Lawson thinks needed] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 May 11 Fr Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [economic situation; Community Charge] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Aug 23 Th Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Monday 27 August") [entry into ERM; interest rates; economic indicators] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Sep 11 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [release of key economic data; ECOFIN discussion on single currency; possible ERM entry dates] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Nov 15 Th Major Economic Policy: Major PS minute to Barry Potter ("Prime Minister's Bilateral with the Chancellor") [Major corrects the record with regard to his view as to future exchange rate moves and interest rate cuts] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Nov 19 Su Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 14 November") [markets; IMF quotas; ECOFIN; Community Charge] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 28 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 29 March") [Communiy Charge; markets post-Budget, ECOFIN; Central Council speech] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Apr 3 Tu Major Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 4 April") [greenhouse gas emissions; informal ECOFIN meeting; child tax allowances and pension age; public spending] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jun 12 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [entry into ERM - Walters and Greenspan advise it is "a political necessity ... properly timed and managed, it can give economic benefits"] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jan 5 Fr Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Yorkshire Bank") [Yorkshire Bank shareholders keen to sell] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jan 30 Tu Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 31 January") [Bank of England appointments and salaries] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Feb 12 Mo Minor Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 13 February") [budget; Bank of England dinner - topics] [declassified Jul 2017]