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Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("British Rail") ["Norman [Fowler]'s proposed statement gives me considerable cause for concern... It does not use either the electrification card or... [BR's] present serious financial position to put maximum pressure on BR for the changes which we all know are needed"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1400 f175
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes, Employment, Energy, Privatized & state industries, Pay, Public spending & borrowing, Trade unions, Transport, Science & technology, Strikes & other union action