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Budget: Tolkien minute to Biffen, Lawson and others ("1981 Budget") [Chancellor of the Exchequer wants a "preliminary indication of your thinking on what should be the thrust and character of the 1981 Budget"] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PO-CH-GH 0154 f46
Editorial comments: Document from Private Office files of Geoffrey Howe, released to the Margaret Thatcher Foundation under Freedom of Information. It is believed that these files will eventually be deposited at the National Archives. Full file here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation