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Taxation

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 418 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 21 Sep 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/70/7
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Return to a House of Commons order for 'statements showing the amount of tax payable on certain incomes, and the virtual rate charged in the pound, under the existing law, and under proposals made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 21 September 1915.'.

Dates: 21 Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 May 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/72/30-31
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square, [London]) to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [later Lord Jellicoe] on: a request from Sir Maurice de Bunsen that Fisher put his name to a press interview praising the military conduct of the war [see CHAR 2/72/33-34]; the loss of valuable plant from the United States resulting from the sinking of the White Star vessel Cymric, which should have travelled in convoy; the stationing of British destroyers in the Mediterranean; the...
Dates: 30 May 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 04 Aug 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/22-24
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Letter from WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] on the need to form the Cabinet, to tax war profits, to cut Government spending, to define future role of the Army, Navy and Air Force and assign the appropriate resources, to check unnecessary spending by the Admiralty, preferably by bringing the Navy as well as the other two services under a Ministry of Defence. Copy in WSC's hand.

Dates: 04 Aug 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/36
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Cutting from the Manchester Guardian: article by Hartley Withers on the failure of David Lloyd George to announce measures to tackle the country's economic problems and on the need for higher taxation to restrain consumption and reduce war profits, and to tackle the depreciation of the currency. Sent by Sir Ernest Cassel.

Dates: 26 Aug 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Aug] [1919]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/38-41
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Notes on the need to impose a levy on excessive war profits in order to reduce the National Debt. Typescript copy.

Dates: [Aug] [1919]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1918]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/42-59
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Speech by Leonard Franklin to the London Liberal Federation in favour of a levy on excess war profits to reduce the National Debt.

Dates: [1918]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1919]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/106/60-61
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"Notes on the levy on war profits as against the levy on capital generally.".

Dates: [1919]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/116/1-3
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Letter from John St Loe Strachey (Newlands Corner, Merrow Downs, Guildford, [Surrey]) to WSC arguing that WSC is the one member of the present Government who could lead a new administration pledged to the reduction of taxation, which is vital in the country's current parlous financial position.

Dates: 01 Aug 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1920]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/112/1-9
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Statement by [? WSC] arguing that a forced loan rather than taxation would be the best way to reduce the National Debt.

Dates: [1920]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1920]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/112/10-28
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Statement of the case in favour of a capital levy on war fortunes to reduce the National Debt. Carbon copies at CHAR 2/112/29-47 and 48-66.

Dates: [1920]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/121/88
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Cutting from the Scotsman: lecture by Professor J Shield Nicholson of Edinburgh University on the economic situation. Sent with CHAR 2/121/87.

Dates: 15 Mar 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 Dec 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/118/102-103
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Letter from William Hill (Dorland House, 16 Regent Street, London) to WSC enclosing a copy of his reply to an invitation to attend a National Liberal Club meeting to celebrate the Irish settlement [see CHAR 2/118/104-114], describing his scheme for the formation of a chartered company for the economic development of Greece and warning that in the event of a general election high taxes and unemployment may benefit the Labour Party.

Dates: 30 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 30 Sep 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/25a
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Cutting from the Morning Post, report on speech by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord St Aldwyn to his constituents in Clifton, on the Education Bill, resistance to the payment of Rates, the growth of national expenditure and the reform of the Army and Navy.

Dates: 30 Sep 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/14
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Letter from Sir Edward Hamilton to WSC, opposing preferential trade conditions for the Colonies, which would lead to higher taxation at home.

Dates: 16 Feb 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Mar 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/17-19
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Letter from T. Hallett Fry to WSC on Income Tax, suggesting higher taxation on unearned income and lower rates for earned income.

Dates: 18 Mar 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/20-21
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Letter from T. Hallett Fry to WSC on taxation.

Dates: 12 Mar 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 May 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/7/38
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Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC, thanks for sending resolution passed by High Crompton Conservative Association on the Government's policy in abandoning the Corn Tax.

Dates: 25 May 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/15/20
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Letter from Lord Pethick-Lawrence to WSC, sending copy of article on the taxation of foreign investments, [not preserved] asking for WSC's comments.

Dates: 11 Jan 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Oct 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/62/79-81
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Letter from Edward Langdon, president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce] (16 Oxford Street, Manchester), to WSC complaining of the excessive tax burden placed upon the business community by the current high expenditure on armaments. Signed and annotated typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/62/77-78.

Dates: 06 Oct 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/9/88-89
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Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to David [Lloyd George] marked "secret" requesting additional finances to reduce the large numbers of deaths in mining accidents. He points out that the miners' leaders are willing to co-operate with the government and that public opinion would approve of a "bold and sweeping policy" which he would propose to fund largely through charges on the mining industry. Typescript.

Dates: 03 Mar 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 08 May 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/4
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Letter from Archibald Williams, Chairman of the Committee on Taxi-Cab Fares (Royal Commission House, Westminster [London]) to WSC concerning the taxation of taxis under the Light Locomotives Act. Signed typescript.

Dates: 08 May 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/13-15
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of an amendment relating to the hops industry; the weak position of the government due to the disillusionment of their supporters regarding legislation on the constitution and veto of the House of Lords; the necessity of a statement on the subject by the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] so that financial business, including discussion of the naval estimates, may be continued.

Dates: 25 Feb 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/22-25
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Letter from WSC (House of Commons) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: discussion of Government borrowing and the passage of the [1909] Budget; and the influence of the House of Lords over the passage of financial bills.

Dates: 03 Mar 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/15/57-59
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Letter from WSC (Home Office) to King Edward VII describing events in the House of Commons including: the strengthened position of the Government due to the passage of the Budget through the House of Commons; the impressive position of the British economy; and the debate between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] and [William] O'Brien.

Dates: 20 Apr 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/136/40
Scope and Contents Letter from Arthur O Fisher (Wanley House, Eastergate, Chichester, [Sussex]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer and hoping that he will return to the gold standard, relieve the tax burden on the middle classes, and curb "the overpaid socialistic Board School teachers" who are "turning out young Socialists wholesale and automatically". Suggests that if the "dole" were paid out early each morning the current apparent unemployment would be reduced by...
Dates: 08 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.