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Personal and party papers, Cambridge

Public spending: John Moore letter to MT (thanks for her help resolving spending quarrel) ["You were right to say I was letting myself get a little trapped in a departmental view!"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 1/3/28 f63
Editorial comments:

John Moore had come close to resignation in a dispute wth the Treasury over uprating of benefits.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Social security & welfare, Public spending & borrowing, Executive (appointments)