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? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 57 of 57
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 90 Apr 10 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute ("Standard Community Charge in Southwark") [impact on MT's property in Dulwich] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 2 Mo | Minor | Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to MT ("General Revaluation in Northern Ireland") [proposals for a revaluation of business rates then domestic rates] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 3 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge: Relieving the Burden") [extra transitional relief scheme for 1990, spending limitations for 1991] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 25 We | Major | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge: The Question of 'Fairness'") [Patten's proposals for national supplements, but Major thinks not the right way to go] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 24 Tu | Major | Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local Authority Expenditure Control") [Patten's proposals for a control system are too complex to get ready for next year] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 4 We | Minor | Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Major PS ("Community Charge: Special Payment Scheme") [draft statement] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 3 Tu | Minor | Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Major PS (capital limits in Scotland) [arrangements for introducing proposed scheme] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 12 Th | Key | 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 26 Th | Minor | Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to Norman Lamont (publicity) [information on the Community Charge Benefit] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 19 Th | Major | 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 10 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Community Charge") [outline of basic problems] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 11 We | Major | 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 17 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("The Community Charge") [Howe paper] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 9 Mo | Major | 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 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("Community Charge") [MT commitment not to claim transitional relief] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 11 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patten) [discussion of the perceived main problems] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 25 We | Major | 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] |