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1987 Nov 20 - 1988 Feb 29
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Private Office files (Lawson)

T640/822
Budget (The Community Charge and settlement of the Rate Support Grant (RSG) system)

Source: HMTPO
Release date: 2018
Classification: Personal & Confidential
Page count: 170

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Date Value Title
87 Nov 20 Fr Minor Community Charge: Alex Allan note for Chancellor (Ingham briefing) [press coverage of decision to end dual running] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 20 Fr Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute for Economic Secretary ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [difference in their treatment] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 23 Mo Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute for Economic Secretary ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel: E(LF) on 26 November") [MOD's bizarre arrangements] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 23 Mo Major Community Charge: Moore letter to Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [annoyed that Ridley had circulated a paper on an issue affecting his department without consultation] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 24 Tu Major Community Charge: Treasury draft briefing for Chief Secretary ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [for E(LF) meeting 26 Nov] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 30 Mo Major Community Charge: Chief Secretary letter to Ridley ("Local Government Finance Bill: Fees and Charges") ["very disappointing and puzzling" that bill does not include provisons E(LF) agreed in February] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Nov 30 Mo Major Community Charge: Chief Secretary letter to Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rate Transition") [rejects his 24 Feb proposal] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Dec 1 Tu Minor Community Charge: Alex Allan note for Chancellor (Parliamentary situation) [conversation with Murdo (Maclean)] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Dec 1 Tu Major Community Charge: Treasury briefing for Financial Secretary ("L Committee: Local Government Finance Bill") [cabinet committee meeting] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Dec 7 Mo Minor Community Charge: Nick Scott letter to Ridley ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel") [E(LF) discussion] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Dec 9 We Minor Community Charge: No.10 letter to PS DHSS ("The Community Charge and Service Personnel") [MT's dissent from Scott's view] [declassified Feb 2018]
87 Dec 12 Sa Major Community Charge: Tyrie minute for Paymaster General ("Community Charge: criticisms and political blackspots") [anticipated attacks from Conservative supporters] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 4 Mo Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Community Charge: Criticisms etc") [case against showing safety net element on demand notices] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 7 Th Minor Community Charge: Rifkind letter to Ridley ("Community Charge: Disclosure of Information and Direct Deductions from Benefit") [need for such disclosure] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 12 Tu Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Community Charge: Briefing Line") [Treasury unhappy with tenor of DOE arguments against relating CC to ability to pay] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 13 We Major Community Charge: Turnbull minute for Chancellor ("Treatment of National Non-Domestic Rate") [Treasury preference for including NNDR in the new planning total, DOE resisting strongly] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 15 Fr Major Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("The treatment of the Community Charge in the RPI") [Lawson: "lamentably shoddy note from DE" <Department of Employment>] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 27 We Minor Community Charge: Ridley letter to Lawson ("Non-domestic revaluations: forecasts") [asks Treasury permission to update Inland Revenue forecasts and publish a summary] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Jan 28 Th Minor Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Community Charge: Monks and Nuns") [only £250,000 at stake, not worth further debate] [declassified Feb 2018]
88 Feb 1 Mo Major Community Charge: Ken Clarke letter to Ridley ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Transition") [broadly supports his 24 Feb proposal, but concerned at level] [declassified Feb 2018]