1986 Jun 6 - 1986 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1836
Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 30)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 266 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 86 Jun 6 Fr | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local government finance") ["Ministers at E(LA) have begun squaring up for the 1987-88 RSG Settlement. You might find it helpful to have a progress report"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 11 We | Major | Local Government: Ridley minute to MT ("The Widdicombe Report on the conduct of local authority business") ["...my proposals on handling on publication day and thereafter"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 19 Th | Major | Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital expenditure controls") ["...discussions about the future of the capital control regime, following the Green Paper on Local Authority Finance, have now got caught up with the spending plans for 1987-88..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Minor | Local Government: Ridley PS letter to Biffen PS ("Rate Support Grant settlement and rate limitation 1987/88") [announcement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Local government finance") ["A further progress report on discussions in E(LA)... moving towards a consensus on local authority finance next year"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 9 We | Major | Local Government: Whitelaw minute to MT (Rate Support Grant settlement for England in 1987/88) ["I am pleased that the Chief Secretary and the Environment Secretary have been able to reach agreement on this package. It has my full support, and meets our objective of realism agreed last year"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 9 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Local authority finance") ["...the Lord President is furious with the Chancellor. He feels that his authority... has been questioned"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1987/88") ["...I was invited to discuss with [Ridley]... the way in which slopes and other mechanisms might be increased to reinforce block grant pressures, and to reconsider the RSG settlement for 1987-88 in the light of that discussion..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | Local Government: Edwards letter to Ridley ("Rate Support Grant settlement - 1987/88 unallocated margins") ["The device has worked well in Wales and I see no technical difficulty if you were to adopt a similar scheme..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Minor | Local Government: Ridley letter to Moore (Birmingham City Council) ["...abuses of contractual process..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw (Rate Support Grant settlement, rate limitation and capital spending) [statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Local Government: Edwards PS letter to Whitelaw PS ("Welsh Rate Support Grant settlement 1987-88") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 22 Tu | Major | Local Government: Treasury record of conversation ("Scottish RSG settlement 1987-88") [MacGregor, Ridley] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 22 Tu | Major | Local Government: Rifkind PS letter to No.10 (Scottish Rate Support Grant settlement) [statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 25 Fr | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Whitelaw ("Local authority capital controls") ["Clearly we must take action to bring this expenditure under proper control"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Major | Local Government: Lord Elton letter to MT (strategic planning guidance for the South East) ["...following the abolition of the GLC..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 29 Tu | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1987-88: service distribution") ["...next May the Government [faces] district council elections... very unhelpful if, at such a sensitive time, district councils could point to large rate increases"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 11 Th | Major | Local Government: MacGregor letter to Ridley ("Specific grants to local authorities") [thoughts on the E(LF) committee working group's first report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 17 We | Major | Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Local authority capital control system") [meeting with Whitelaw to discuss problems with current system and Ridley's proposed changes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 22 Mo | Major | Local Government: MT letter to Councillor Paul Beresford, London Borough of Wandsworth (local authority capital expenditure control system) ["...most impressed with what you and your colleagues in the Conservative administration have achieved..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |