Archive

1990 Apr 2 - 1990 Apr 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3065
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 18)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 420
Any docs withheld?

PREM19/3065 - download whole file (PDF, 407.43 MB)

Selections from this file

Showing items 21 - 40 of 57

Per page:
Date Value Title
90 Apr 6 Fri Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Major-Baker-Patten-Lamont-Hunt-Butler-Wilson-Wells-Mills) [government "currently in the eye of the storm over the introduction of the community charge"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 9 Mon Local Government: No.10 minute to Treasury ("RPI and the Community Charge") [attached - MT minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer outlining "concern about the projected RPI figure for April & requesting Treasury to"examine the idea of a community surcharge for those on high incomes"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 9 Mon Community Charge: MT minute to John Major (RPI) [inclusion of community charge reliefs; possible surcharge for incomes over £50,000 p.a.] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 10 Tue Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Community Charge") [outline of basic problems] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 10 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont (Community Charge Rebates) [could publish information in local newspapers] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 10 Tue Community Charge: Paul Gray minute ("Standard Community Charge in Southwark") [impact on MT's property in Dulwich] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 11 Wed Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Community Charge and the RPI") ["I do not believe you can succeed in trying to change people's perception of inflation by this initiative and I believe you will attract a great deal of discredit if you try"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 11 Wed Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patten) [discussion of the perceived main problems] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 12 Thu Community Charge: Sir Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Towards a Community Charge package") [too high, unjust between authorities, unfair between individuals; wants relief for worst hit &'multiplier' based on house value for richest; easing of fiscal stance] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 12 Thu Community Charge: Major PS minute to Barry Potter ("RPI and the Community Charge") [concern over level of RPI and artificial element created by inclusion of Community Charge] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 17 Tue Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("The Community Charge") [Howe paper] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 17 Tue Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to Chris Patten ("Community Charge Rebates: Additional Publicity") [budget to finance advertisements] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 17 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Peter Brooke ("General Revaluation in Northern Ireland") [MT's concern that an announcement would give impresion that local government finance policies are getting out of line with the UK] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 18 Wed Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Draft Minute to the Lord President") [shift from domestic rates to community charge] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 18 Wed Community Charge: H.M. Saunders letter to No.10 ("Community Charge") [thoughts on present situation and new system] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 19 Thu Local Government: MT minute to Howe ("The Community Charge") ["tough measures [needed] to rein back this unacceptable rate of increase in local authority spending"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 19 Thu Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont (benefit arrangements) [proposals for additional publicity on rebates, experience in Scotland] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 19 Thu Community Charge: Christopher Chope minute to ministers ("You and the Community Charge: Rents") [publicity leaflet for tenants] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 23 Mon Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Barry Potter ("The Community Charge") [treatment of composite hereditaments; liability for non-working wives] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 23 Mon Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to Patten PS ("Retail Prices Index") [inclusion of the Charge in the Index] [released Dec 2016]