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1990 Mar 1 - 1990 Mar 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3064
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 17)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 429
Any docs withheld? 2
Themes: Social security & welfare, Public spending & borrowing, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Union of UK nations, Conservative Party (organization)

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Date Value Title
90 Mar 21 We Major Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Major-Patten-Moore-Lamont) [capital limit for entitlement to benefit] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 22 Th Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("The Standard Community Charge") [arrangements for applying charge where domestic property is not main residence] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 22 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Scottish Office ("Community Charge Capital Limit in Scotland") [government's position in Scotland could be weakened] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 22 Th Minor Community Charge: Major PS minute to DTI ("Increased Capital Limits for Means-Tested Benefits") [confusion about number of people who will gain from the measure] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Community Charge Capping") ["Capping is not an easy option... there are significant political and presentational disadvantages"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Tony Newton ("Community Charge Capping and Local Authorities' Preparedness") [encouraging local authorities to send out bills in time] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge Capping") [Patten thinks "it would be politically unacceptable to back down after all that has been said about the capping threat"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Charge Capping 1990/91") [use of capping powers, criteria for selecting authorities] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge Capping") [arguments against capping outweigh those in favour] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Minor Community Charge: Dominic Morris minute to Mark Lennox-Boyd (capital disregards) [calcualtions, defence of policy] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 25 Su Major Local government: No.10 conversation record ("Community Charge") [MT, Major phone conversation: MT - "contrary to earlier expectations, the community charge regime was not bringing about increased accountability...it was necessary to consider radical futher measures"; JM: agrees but states that "important to give no flavour of exactly what possibilities were being looked at"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 25 Su Major Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge") [control over local authority spending] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 26 Mo Minor Community Charge: Paul Gray briefing for MT ("Community Charge Capping") [capping criteria, arguments against capping] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 26 Mo Major Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Paul Gray ("Charge Capping 1990/91") [authorities to be capped, criteria for selecting authorities, size of cap] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 26 Mo Minor Community Charge: John Major minute to Christopher Hawkins ("Capital Limits") [concern about DSS rules] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 26 Mo Key Community Charge: No.10 record of conversations (MT-Major-Lamont-Portillo; joined by Butler, Wilson, Mills) [MT concluded that "the general public were blaming the Government for the high levels of community charge"; suggested proposals for radical review from 1991/92 on] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 27 Tu Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Holiday Caravans: Standard Community Charge and Business Rates") [legislation to rectify problem in treatment of caravans] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 27 Tu Minor Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to Paul Gray ("Holiday Caravans & Standard Community Charge") [announcement of short bill, issue of long-stay hospital patients] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 27 Tu Major Community Charge: Howe PS minute to Paul Gray ("Community Charge Capping") [need to minimise awkward anomalies] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 28 We Major Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to Chris Patten ("Holiday Caravans: Standard Community Charge and Business Rates") [implications of additional burdens, solutions to industry's concerns] [released Dec 2016]