1985 May 10 - 1985 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1453
Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 32)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 241 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jul 9 Tu | Major | Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Press Handling after Cabinet") ["message should be business as usual"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 10 We | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("Press Handling of Cabinet") ["You really have to present a rigorous face to the world"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 10 We | Major | Public spending: David Willetts minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [Treasury "has no further fallback position"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 10 We | Major | Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Economic Outlook and Public Expenditure (C(85) 17 and 18)") [inflation and unemployment] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 10 We | Minor | Public spending: No.10 minute ("Press Line after Cabinet") [commitment to control of public spending] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 10 We | Major | Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) [press line to take after Cabinet] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 11 Th | Major | Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Biffen) [need to show strength and coherence on public spending] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 12 Fr | Major | Public spending: Nicholas Owen minute to MT ("Public Spending: How to Hold the Baseline") [if the Treasury gives any more ground, it will jeopardise scope for tax cuts] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 12 Fr | Major | Public spending: Cabinet Office minute ("Public Expenditure Presentation") ["the argument that no further cuts can be made because we have already gone too deep is discredited"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 12 Fr | Major | Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT (public spending round) ["People are confused about the central aim of economic strategy"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 16 Tu | Major | Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to Peter Rees ("1985 PES Report: DTI Chapter") [reduction in regional spending] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 19 Fr | Major | Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Public Expenditure Round") [need to avoid the charge of a u-turn] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 26 Fr | Major | Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [over-provision in the territorial blocks] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 29 Mo | Major | Public spending: David Willetts minute to MT ("Expenditure on Scotland and Northern Ireland") ["snouts well and truly in the public expenditure trough"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 22 Th | Major | Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [over-provision in the territorial blocks] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 29 Th | Major | Public spending: Treasury paper ("PES 1985: Home Office Additional Bids") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 2 Mo | Major | Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [proposed spending cuts] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 4 We | Major | Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("1985 Public Expenditure Exercise") [timetable, composition of Star Chamber] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 11 We | Major | Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to John MacGregor ("Driving Examiners") [no public expenditure implications of proposals] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [asset sales, running costs] [declassified Dec 2014] |