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1983 Jan 5 - 1983 Jan 31

Nick Ridley day file A (Jan 1983)
Financial policy (Nicholas Ridley day file as Financial Secretary, Jan 1983) [released under FOI; not archived at TNA]

Source: HMTPO
Release date: 2013
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 290

Nick Ridley day file A (Jan 1983) - download whole file (PDF, 8.05 MB)

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Date Value Title
83 Jan 5 We Major EC: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“EC Budget - Next Steps”) [draft speech - “you cannot build Europe without the UK”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 7 Fr Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Inland Revenue (“Business expenses etc”) [cars, villas, etc - “becoming notorious”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Monetary policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“International Banking scene: tax treatment of bad debts”) [“the banks were pretty reckless … they should get their fingers burned a little”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major EC: Nicholas Ridley minute (“EC Budget - Next Steps”) [influencing European Parliament] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Bruce Sutherland’s letter of 13th December”) [strategy on tax reliefs] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Privatization: Nicholas Ridley minute (“Residual government shareholdings”) [scope to reduce in BP & BAe this summer] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Pensions: Nicholas Ridley minute for Fiscal Policy Group (“Financial Secretary’s holiday thoughts on pensions”) [end bias in favour of institutions & open way to the “private money box”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Media: Treasury record of meeting (Nicholas Ridley-Independent Television Companies Association) [extending tax relief for TV & film production] [released 2013]
83 Jan 17 Mo Major Financial policy: Treasury record of meeting (Nicholas Ridley-Peter Rees-officials) [“Employers, employees & self-employed”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 18 Tu Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Capital Transfer Tax”) [easing burden in budget] [released 2013]
83 Jan 19 We Major Housing: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Reviving the private rented housing sector”) [end rent control rather than introduce new reliefs] [released 2013]
83 Jan 19 We Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Inland Revenue (“Work priorities”) [draft minute for Chancellor] [released 2013]
83 Jan 24 Mo Minor EC: Nicholas Ridley minute (“The European budget issue - note by Robert Jackson”) [“depressing but probably realistic”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 24 Mo Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (children) [“uneasy about Ferdie Mount’s latest ideas about child tax allowances”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 24 Mo Minor Coal: Nicholas Ridley minute (“Department of Energy Estimates - proposed coal vote”) [favours one] [released 2013]
83 Jan 25 Tu Major Education: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Wider parental choice & education vouchers”) [Keith Joseph paper “too timid”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 25 Tu Major Privatisation: Treasury record of meeting (Nicholas Ridley-officials) [“Associated British Ports”] [released 2013]
83 Jan 28 Fr Major Financial policy: Nicholas Ridley minute for Chancellor (“Inland Revenue: Work priorities”) [planning for budget & beyond] [released 2013]
83 Jan 28 Fr Major EC: Treasury record of meeting (Nicholas Ridley-Hurd-officials) [EC Budget] [released 2013]