1983 Jul 1 - 1983 Jul 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/985
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 23)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 286 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 83 Jul 1 Fr | Major | Economy: Mount minute to MT ("Defence and Public Expenditure") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 1 Fr | Major | Economy: Butler minute to MT ("Public Expenditure 1983-84: Corrective Action") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 1 Fr | Major | Economy: Walters minute to Scholar ("Public Expenditure Corrective Action: Chancellor's Memorandum of 29 June") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 4 Mo | Major | Economy: Lawson minute to MT ("Public Expenditure in 1983-84") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Major | Economy: Stowe letter to Butler ("Briefing for Ministers after the Election") [Fowler advised that during last Parliament "all the difficult decisions were deferred"; MT: "We shall have to give urgent attention to the fundamental issues"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 6 We | Major | Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure in 1983-84: C(83) 21") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 6 We | Major | Economy: Lawson minute to MT ("The Summer Forecast") [borrowing forecast] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 7 Th | Major | Economy: Sparrow minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 14 Th | Major | Economy: Ingham minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Presentation") [problems with presentation: media watching for evidence "that rising damp in the Cabinet has become a surge or that the Wets are fighting back and intend to be very awkward"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 14 Th | Major | Economy: Walters minute to MT (public expenditure) ["I must advise you to grasp a painful nettle. This is the one non-repeatable opportunity to roll back public spending"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 14 Th | Major | Economy: Howe minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [difficulties with FCO expenditure cuts] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 14 Th | Major | Economy: Mount minute to MT ("Public Expenditure: The Chief Secretary's Draft") ["Alan agrees that the Chief Secretary's draft is not ambitious enough"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 15 Fr | Major | Economy: Mount minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Hitting the Targets") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Major | Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Economic Outlook and Public Expenditure (C(83) 23-26)") [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Major | Economy: Fowler note to MT (expenditure on health and child benefit) [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 21 Th | Major | Economy: Walters minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Changing the Climate of Opinion") [academic research and media coverage] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 25 Mo | Major | Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Fowler) [DHSS public expenditure programme] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 29 Fr | Major | Economy: Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure: The Longer Term") [declassified 2013] |