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Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Standard Community Charge") [problems in Scotland; Major accepts Rifkind's suggestion, but open to criticism as unjustified concession to second home owners, including ministers themselves] [declassified Feb 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: T640/1190 f91
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Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Local government, Local government finance, Community charge (“poll tax”), Union of UK nations