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1985 Jan 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1559
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance; beginning of Community Charge) (Part 25)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 425
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Date Value Title
85 Feb 4 Mo Major Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS (Widdicome Committee) [terms of reference] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 4 Mo Major Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS ("Local Authority Propaganda") [question of rate financed propaganda to be referred to Widdicombe inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 4 Mo Major Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS ("MISC 109: Extending the Coverage of Disqualification of Councillors") [issue to be referred to Widdicombe inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 4 Mo Minor Community Charge: Peter Rees letter to Patrick Jenkin ("Inquiry into Local Government Practices and Procedures") ["generally content"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Widdicombe Inquiry into Local Government Practices and Procedures") [agreement on terms of proposed inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major Community Charge: Jenkin PS minute to David Barclay ("Abolition of the GLC: Future Use of County Hall") [any new owner would want to carry out extensive work] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 11 Mo Major Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Rate Limits for Rating Authorities") [decisions to be made] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 12 Tu Major Community Charge: Peter Rees minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Present Limits for Precepting Authorities") [situation in Hackney] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 13 We Major Community Charge: George Young minute (GLC housing) [post-abolition arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (local authority finance) [Waldegrave's radical proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Major Community Charge: Oliver Letwin minute to Andrew Turnbull ("DOE brief on GLC Housing") [Young's brief illustrates why the abolition strategy has run into difficulty] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Major Community Charge: Jenkin letter to Councillor Alan Greengross (abolition of the GLC) [rejects Greengross's proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 14 Th Key Community Charge: Alison record of conversation (MT - Scottish Conservative chairman) [“Goold came to express his great anxiety about the damage to the Conservative Party which is likely to result from Scottish rating revaluation”] [released 2015]
85 Feb 15 Fr Minor Community Charge: Kenneth Baker PS letter to Jenkin PS (building for ILEA) [best line is that no final decision needed at this point] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mo Major Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Rate Limits for Rating Authorities") [change in limits] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mo Major Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Peter Rees ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Limits for Rating Authorities") [need for adequate controls to prevent authorities budgeting for a deficit] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mo Minor Community Charge: Lord Gowrie letter to Kenneth Baker (Abolition Bill) [impact on charitable bodies] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 19 Tu Major Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Peter Rees (Widdicombe Inquiry) [terms of reference] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 19 Tu Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robin Butler (rate capped councils) [latest developments in the House] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 19 Tu Minor Community Charge: Norman Tebbit letter to Kenneth Baker ("Abolition and the voluntary sector") [impact on charitable bodies] [released Dec 2014]