Part 1, 1979: includes copy of letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe MP from Nigel Lawson MP, "The PSBR [Public Sector Borrowing Requirement] in 1979/80", 22 February 1979; copy of "The budget 1979, CBI representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Denis Healey MP]", February 1979; copy of ITN's budget factbook, March 1979; note by ‘TL [Tim Lankester, her Private Secretary for Economic Affairs]’ of MT’s reaction to the budget briefing by Sir John Hunt (Cabinet Secretary) of 4 May 1979, 7 May 1979; Lankester’s records of MT’s meetings with Adam Ridley (Special Adviser, HM Treasury) on 7 May 1979 and 15 May 1979; copy of a note to MT from Sir Geoffrey Howe MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) relating to the immediate monetary prospects, 10 May 1979; and briefing by the Conservative Research Department, "Note on Government monetary measures announced on 15 November 1979", 16 November 1979
Part 2,1981
Part 3, 1982: includes notes on key budget points, March 1982; and briefing note from HM Treasury on, "Scotland and the budget", with attached note for Ian Gow MP (MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary) from Adam Ridley (Special Adviser, HM Treasury), March 1982; and note by Gow for MT on the Conservative Backbench Finance Committee, 9 March 1982