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Community Charge: Katharine Ramsay letter to Sherbourne (state of opinion among Conservative councillors, including poll tax) ["deep unease about the Green Paper proposals ... a 'nightmare' to administer and police ... political perception that it will be unfair"] [released Oct 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/6/3/103 f7
Editorial comments:

The letter was written in advance of the annual Conservative Local Government Conference.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3
Themes: Environment, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Conservative Party (organization)