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1990 May 2 - 1990 Jun 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3066
Local Government (Future of the rating system: rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 19)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 519
Any docs withheld? 1

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90 Jun 1 Fri Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Community Charge") [Cabinet Office & Policy Unit briefing for pre-meeting with Major & Patten followed by ad hoc Ministerial group meeting: policy options] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 16 Wed Local Government: Rifkind minute to MT ("Community Charge") ["If we are to have a system whereby the Government determines local spending... then there is no real argument for having a local tax base] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 9 Wed Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Community Charge") [controlling local authority expenditure] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 29 Fri Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Local Authority TSS/AEF Settlement, 1991/92") [recommended figures for local authority budgets] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 20 Wed Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Charge Capping: Conditions") [whether to proceed with conditions for 1990/91] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 16 Sat Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("The Community Charge") [aim to prevent the charge "from continuing as the dominant political issue"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 7 Thu Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Charge Capping") [caps for all but three proposed authorities are achievable] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 12 Tue Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Community Charge") [statistics on use of capping powers, local authority spending] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 13 Wed Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Charge Capping") [final caps for each authority, publicity] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 3 Thu Community Charge: Patten PS minute to No.10 ("Contributions to Local Services") [contributions by the rich] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mon Community Charge: Patten PS minute to No.10 ("Non-Collection of the Community Charge") [only have anecdotal figures at present] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tue Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Howe PS ("Community Charge Capping: Legal Action by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough and Council and Others") [judicial review proceedings] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 25 Mon Community Charge: Patten PS minute to Barry Potter ("The Community Charge") [options for local authority budget levels] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 29 Fri Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to MT ("The Community Charge") [proposed settlement for TTS, AEF, transitional relief] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 25 Mon Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge") [negotiations on TTS, AEF grant, spending] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 22 Fri Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge") [capping, levels of spending, negotiations on TSS and AEF] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 20 Wed Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge: Minister for the Solicitor General") [advice on intensive use of capping powers] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 12 Tue Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge") [enhanced capping regime, next year's grant settlement] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tue Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge") [referendum, enhanced capping regime, tight settlement for grants] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mon Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("The Community Charge") [income limits, restraints on local government spending] [released Dec 2016]