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Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Community Charge: Transitional Arrangements") [starting level for the charge, phasing out of the rates, special arrangements for London] [released Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2306 f33
Editorial comments:

Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. An unmarked copy of this minute can be found in Nigel Lawson's Private Office file, T640/481, which can be read on this site. It seems to have been assigned to the Chief Secretary for action and placed in the file for the next meeting of the cabinet committee handling the charge, E(LF).

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 20pp
Themes: Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”)