Subjects include: inflation forecasts; the alleged involvement of British soldiers in training the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; the debate on Britain joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM); the debate on Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait; security vetting procedures; environmental policy and the G7 Summit; the sale of Rover to British Aerospace; a report on low income statistics; comparison between the Poll Tax and rates; child maintenance payments; new business creation; Japan’s whaling activities.

Other correspondents include Paul Gray, Private Secretary to Thatcher and Lord Strathclyde, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment on training and employment objectives. Also includes text of a speech by Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Employment, given at the Business in the Cities conference, on the Training and Enterprise Councils and a memorandum on Labour’s approach to education and training for post-16 year olds.