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1990 Mar 1 - 1991 Apr 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3429
Local Government (Relations between central and local government: local authority expenditure; Local Government Review; structure of local government) (Part 38)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 423
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90 Jul 24 Tu Minor Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Lamont PS ("Local Authority Finance: Scotland") [draft Rifkind announcement] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 25 We Minor Community Charge: Lamont PS minute to Rifkind PS ("Local Authority Finance: Scotland") [amendments to draft Rifkind announcement] [released July 2017]
90 Sep 10 Mo Minor Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Michael Portillo (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
90 Sep 24 Mo Minor Community Charge: Michael Portillo minute to Michael Howard (HSC work) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
90 Sep 24 Mo Minor Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to John Major ("Local Authority Pay") [central government involvement in pay negotiations] [released July 2017]
90 Aug 2 Th Minor Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Chris Patten (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
90 Aug 30 Th Minor Community Charge: Michael Portillo minute to Michael Howard (New Burdens on Local Government) [replacing health and safety regulations] [released July 2017]
90 Sep 17 Mo Minor Community Charge: Cecil Parkinson minute to Michael Portillo ("Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report 1989/90") [concerns about local authorities who lost out in the way debt has been handled] [released July 2017]
90 Apr 25 We Minor Community Charge: David Hunt minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Control of Inflation (Local Government) Bill") [major constitutional change to introduce a central, statutory constraint on local authority spending] [released July 2017]
90 Sep 28 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("Local Authority Expenditure: Distribution of Total Standard Spending (TSS)") [technical aspects of the settlement] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 24 Tu Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("New Burdens on Local Government") [impact of central government initiatives] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 1 Mo Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("Local Authority Expenditure: Distribution of Total Standard Spending (TSS) and Standard Spending Assessment (SSA)") [options for distribution] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [possible outcomes of Lords' judgment on Hammersmith case] [released July 2017]
90 Jun 22 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to Policy Unit ("Local Government: Some Longer-Term Issues") [MT concerned that the charge "would provide an insufficiently buoyant source of local revenue"] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 6 Tu Minor Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("1991/2 Local Authority Grant Settlement") [significant changes to remit for discussions with authorities] [released July 2017]
90 Mar 5 Mo Minor Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local Authority Extravagance") [adverts for public relations people] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (Merseyside) [police will be staging major operation; allegations against the city council] [released July 2017]
90 May 3 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robin Butler ("Functions of Local Authorities") [additional burdens on authorities, existing functions of authorities] [released July 2017]
90 May 18 Fr Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robin Butler ("Functions of Local Authorities") [which level of government has control over education] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 25 We Minor Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Barry Potter ("Local Government Finance: Scotland") [final version of Rifkind's AEF statement] [released July 2017]