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1990 Mar 1 - 1991 Apr 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3429
Local Government (Relations between central and local government: local authority expenditure; Local Government Review; structure of local government) (Part 38)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 423
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90 Sep 28 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("Local Authority Expenditure: Distribution of Total Standard Spending (TSS)") [technical aspects of the settlement] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 1 Mo Major Community Charge: John Major minute to MT ("Standard Spending Assessments for 1991-92") [endorses Patten's proposals for changes in the assessments] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 1 Mo Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter briefing for MT ("Local Authority Expenditure: Distribution of Total Standard Spending (TSS) and Standard Spending Assessment (SSA)") [options for distribution] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 2 Tu Minor Community Charge: David Waddington minute to Chris Patten ("Local Authority Current: 1991-92 Total Standard Spending Distribution and Standard Spending Assessments") [composition of SSAs] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 5 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont (TSS for 1991-92) [proposals for service split] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 8 Mo Major Community Charge: John Major minute to Chris Patten ("Local Authority Financial Assets") [proposal to legislate to require authorities to use reserved receipts to repay debt] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 12 Fr Major Community Charge: David Hunt minute to Norman Lamont ("New Burdens on Local Government") [implications of government policy for local authority spending] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 16 Tu Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to MT ("Local Authority Finance 1991/92") [publication of proposals for grant settlement] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 19 Fr Minor Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Norman Lamont ("Future Service Share Methodology") [teachers' pay settlement] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont ("Community Charge Demand Notice") [proposed revisions] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 25 Th Minor Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (Merseyside) [police will be staging major operation; allegations against the city council] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John Major ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [Hammersmith and Fulham case before the Lords for a judgment] [released July 2017]
90 Oct 26 Fr Minor Community Charge: Barry Potter minute to MT ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [possible outcomes of Lords' judgment on Hammersmith case] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 1 Th Major Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Hammersmith & Fulham: House of Lords Case") [banks have no case, all local authority swap deals are ultra vires] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 2 Fr Major Community Charge: No.10 minute ("Interest Rate Swaps - The Hammersmith and Fulham Case") [next step is for courts to establish what in principle can be enforced] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 6 Tu Major Community Charge: Governor of the Bank of England letter to John Major ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [need for a government statement following Lords' provisional judgment] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 8 Th Minor Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Tony Newton ("Pensions Ombudsman: Local Government Superannuation Scheme") [oversight of maladministration] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 9 Fr Major Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to John MacGregor ("New Burdens on Local Government") [lists of central government initiatives] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 16 Fr Major Community Charge: John Major minute to Chris Patten ("Local Authority Interest Rate Swaps") [use of local authority powers] [released July 2017]
90 Nov 22 Th Minor Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to Chris Patten ("Pensions Ombudsman: Local Government Superannuation Scheme") [proposed regulations] [released July 2017]