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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
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90 Apr 25 Wed Local Government: Rifkind minute to MT ("The Community Charge") ["I thought you might find it helpful to have my views in light of one year's Scottish experience of the community charge"] [declassified 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 17 Tue Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("The Community Charge") [Howe paper] [declassified 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 10 Tue Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Community Charge") [outline of basic problems] [declassified 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 5 Thu Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("Community Charge") [MT commitment not to claim transitional relief] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 30 Mon Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John Major (RPI and Community Charge) [capping decisions] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 25 Wed Community Charge: John Major minute to Chris Patten ("Community Charge Capping and the Retail Prices Index") [the lower capped charges should be included in the index] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 26 Thu Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to Norman Lamont (publicity) [information on the Community Charge Benefit] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 26 Thu Community Charge: Norman Lamont minute to David Hunt ("Community Charge and US Servicemen") [feeling in Suffolk; reluctant that special help should be given to deal with this localised problem] [released 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 10 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont (Community Charge Rebates) [could publish information in local newspapers] [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 3 Tue Community Charge: No.10 minute to Northern Ireland Office ("General Revaluation in Northern Ireland") [MT' not convinced revaluation is urgently required] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 2 Mon Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT (capped authorities) [expectation of wild claims that capping will disprupt services] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 3 Tue Community Charge: Nicholas Lyell minute to Chris Patten ("Community Charge Capping 1990/91") [how to rebut claims that capping will disrupt services] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 6 Fri Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT (capping) [Lambeth's revised budget] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 24 Tue Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Barry Potter ("Community Charge") [data on transitional relief proposals] [released Dec 2016]