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1988 Aug 3 - 1988 Dec 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2310
Local Government (Future of the rating system; rating revaluation; Community Charge) (Part 11)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Secret
Page count: 304
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88 Aug 3 We Major Community Charge: Glasgow Chambers of Commerce letter to MT ("Harmonisation of Local Authority Rating Throughout the UK") [danger of UK becoming divided as a result of different poundages] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 4 Th Major Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Norman Fowler (Community Charge and the RPI) [membership of RPI committee] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 11 Th Major Community Charge: British Chambers of Commerce letter to MT (Uniform Business Rate) [harmonisation of valuation practices] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 12 Fr Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Rate Reform: Government Valuation Services") [implication for organisation and staffing of valuation services] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 20 Sa Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Peter Lilley ("Rate Support Grant Bill") [will not press for exceptional treatment for storm damage] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 23 Tu Major Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [need to operate scheme sensitively] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 23 Tu Major Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [practicality of making deductions from benefits] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 26 Fr Major Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute to Moore PS ("Retail Prices Index") [inclusion of Community Charge in RPI] [released Feb 2016]
88 Aug 26 Fr Major Community Charge: MT letter to Mr Burman (business rates) [concerns of Scottish business community] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 6 Tu Major Community Charge: Glasgow Chambers of Commerce letter to MT ("All-Britain Uniform Business Rate") [business outrage has increased] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 8 Th Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [treatment as full-time students] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 8 Th Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nigel Lawson ("Rate Reform: Government Valuation Services") [system in Scotland from 1990/91] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 8 Th Minor Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [support to charging authorities] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 8 Th Minor Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [presentational advantages] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 9 Fr Major Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Attachment of Benefit") [upper limit] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 9 Fr Major Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nicholas Scott ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [deduction regulations] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 11 Su Major Community Charge: John Major minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Community Charge: Student Nurses") [exemption for nurses following project 2000 courses] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 15 Th Major Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Non-Domestic Rates: Government Valuation Services") [proposal for a single central payment] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 19 Mo Major Community Charge: John Moore minute to John Major ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [incentive for economy] [released Feb 2016]
88 Sep 19 Mo Major Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Community Charge: Specific Grant for Preparation Costs") [support Ridley's proposals against Major] [released Feb 2016]