Tuesday 20th October 1981
10.00 Cabinet on Public Expenditure
PM wanted to talk about Cabinet mtg - asked Jock [John Bruce-Gardyne] to do censure speech
PS [Private secretary] - conclusion that all is to be played for.
Carrington only one who took a firm line - social justice etc., and he did shut up PM - but she retracted.
Employment measures discussion with JH [John Hoskyns], AD [Andrew Duguid], DW [David Wolfson] - new figures show depressing increase in seasonally adjusted of 55,000 or so
5.00 Westminster Industrial Brief
Petteridge says City believes that there will be U turn. I tried to assure him.
10.00 News - All cabinet disc [discussion] on - in spite of No leak promise. Biffen presented as wet - which he was NOT