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Economy: Alan Walters diary (spending) [target “implies all sorts of rosy assumptions”] [released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
Editorial comments: Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 26
Themes: Public spending & borrowing

Monday 19th October 1981

The Pub spending target of £113.5m [sic: billion] implies all sorts of rosy assumptions. We will be very lucky if we get agreement to £115.0

Grieveson + Grant