Economic policy
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
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"Mr Keynes on Mr McKenna", 18 Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/40/78-86
Scope and Contents
Memorandum by Ralph Hawtrey [Director of Financial Enquiries] to WSC about John Maynard Keynes' article [CHAR 18/40/76-77] on the views of [Reginald McKenna, Chairman, Midland Bank, see CHAR 18/40/62] covering various subjects including: relations between price levels; Keynes' figures and figures on wages, prices and cost of living; falling prices and credit contraction; economic depression; Keynes' proposal to divert labour and capital away from export.Typescript signed with initials.
Dates:
18 Feb 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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"Mr McKenna on Monetary Policy" by John Maynard Keynes, 12 Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/40/76-77
Scope and Contents
Article from "The Nation & Athenaum" on statements by the Chairmen of the banks, particularly [Reginald] McKenna [Chairman, Midland Bank] on monetary policy and observations on the United States, the need for change in the Bank of England's policy and the gold standard.Printed.
Dates:
12 Feb 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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"My Political Life", volume IV: Leo Amery's correspondence on the economy, Empire and Europe, 1941 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/5/49
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] on subjects including civil aviation after the war, an oil supply agreement with the United States and maintaining the Sterling Area (4); Sir Patrick Hannon; Sir Hubert Henderson, Economic Adviser to the Treasury, on papers by Amery on sterling balances (enclosed) and Imperial Preference (3); Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including Amery's idea for bringing Newfoundland [later part of...
Dates:
1941 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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National and monetary crisis 1931: correspondence, 1931-05 - 1933-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers, with correspondents including: Professor Gustav Cassel; Sir Cecil Kisch [Secretary, Financial Department, India Office]; Sir Henry Strakosch.
Also includes: texts of articles and letters to the press by LSA on the crisis; published statements by Sir John Simon, [James] Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister, and Stanley Baldwin on the need for national unity; statement by Sir James Lithgow, President of the Federation of British Industries, on correcting the...
Dates:
1931-05 - 1933-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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National Savings, 1973
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/3/43
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files on subjects from 'C' to 'W'.
Dates:
1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Newsnight, 1984-10 - 1985-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/39
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of and briefing for interviews on subjects including the miners’ strike, defence, economic policy and the Social Democrat/Liberal Alliance. Also includes correspondence between the BBC and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, on coverage of Labour in general.
Dates:
1984-10 - 1985-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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NK Wales, 1989-10-13 - 1989-10-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/117
Scope and Contents
Press interviews in Wales on NK's response to the speech by Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Conservative Party Conference on the previous day, on the state of the economy and also the exchange rate mechanism, and also the decision by Michael Foot to step down at the next General Election. Also includes an episode of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions from 14 October.
Dates:
1989-10-13 - 1989-10-14
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From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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"Observations on 'The case for and against a legal minimum wage for sewated workers' published by the Women's Industrial Council", 27 April [1908]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/16/13-20
Scope and Contents
Includes: observations on "the case for" by Mis B L Hutchins which highlights difficulties with the figures for wages cited in the report and observations on "the case against" by Mrs J Ramsay MacDonald stressing that the experience in Victoria [Australia] should be taken into account with the Trade Boards Bill, specifically the role of Wages Boards and experience of determining wages in the tailoring trade, and discussing minimum wages.Carbon typescript initialled CEC [Clara Collett, Senior...
Dates:
27 April [1908]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development], 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/3/47
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Files on subjects from 'C' to 'W'.
Dates:
1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Official: Board of Trade, 1906 - 1911
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11
Scope and Contents
The Board of Trade papers contain correspondence, memoranda, printed material and other papers arising from WSC's activities as President of the Board of Trade, a position which he held from 12 April 1908 to 14 February 1910. The papers have been divided into correspondence and subject-based files, and are arranged chronologically.The Board of Trade material covers WSC's routine ministerial duties, as well as the specific issues of the period. These include: state unemployment insurance,...
Dates:
1906 - 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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Official: Board of Trade: Anglo-French Commercial Relations: notes and papers., 22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/13
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Harold Cox; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the revision of the French tariff and the Gambia-Muscat [later Muscat and Oman] negotiations (2); Sir Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France]; Herbert Asquith [Chancellor of the Exchequer, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the revision of wine duty. Also includes: a memorandum on commercial relations with France by WSC, on imports with false origins, the wine surtax, wine duty and the French surtaxe...
Dates:
22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Companies' Bills: prints., 09 Mar 1908 - 25 May 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/12
Scope and Contents
Includes: a draft of the Companies (Consolidation) Bill; a draft of the Assurance Companies Bill.
Dates:
09 Mar 1908 - 25 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 01 Nov 1908 - 01 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [? Ernest Steinkamp] Managing Editor of Curtis Brown international publishing bureau, on having an interview about the new Industrial Arbitration Court (4); Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] (4); George Cave, MP for Kingston [Surrey] on the Port of London Bill and its effect on Richmond [Surrey]; William Brace; Arthur Wilson Fox [Comptroller-General of the Commercial, Labour and Statistical Departments of the Board of Trade] on Board of Trade recruitment; 4th...
Dates:
01 Nov 1908 - 01 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., Apr 1901 - 30 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Marks [Liberal MP for Launceston, Cornwall] and Sir John Barker [Liberal MP for Penryn and Falmouth, Cornwall] on the appointment of a Conservative to the post of Official Receiver in Cornwall; Ailwyn Fellowes [Deputy Chairman, Great Eastern Railway, later 1st Lord Ailwyn]; William Ridgeway, President of the Royal Anthropological Institute, on the importance of colonial officials learning anthropology; Joseph Pease [Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, later...
Dates:
Apr 1901 - 30 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 04 Jan 1909 - 30 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/19
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sidney Webb [later 1st Lord Passfield] on Beatrice Webb [later Beatrice, Lady Passfield]'s Minority Report for the Poor Law Commission; Herbert Asquith [the Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the need to press on with the Board of Trade's unemployment proposals (2); Gilbert Upcott (Treasury) on trade cycles; Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade] on current Board of Trade proposals, internal promotion and press leaks...
Dates:
04 Jan 1909 - 30 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: German Imperial Finance: notes and papers., Feb 1908 - 29 Dec 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/33
Scope and Contents
Includes: a copy of the Foreign Office Diplomatic and Consular Report on the Finances of the German Empire for 1907, with estimates for 1908, by Count John de Salis, Councillor of the British Embassy, Berlin [Germany]; a draft memorandum on Public Finance in Britain and Germany by Alfred Flux; press cuttings on new German taxes; a report on German Imperial Revenue and Expenditure, 1905-1909; a note on the strains in the German economy by WSC; reports on German shipyards building warships for...
Dates:
Feb 1908 - 29 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: International Trade; National Revenue: notes and papers., Feb 1904 - 24 Dec 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/21
Scope and Contents
Includes: WSC's conclusions on the factors behind economic recovery; a general summary by Alfred Flux on the duration of the depression after commercial crises, in Britain and the United States; memoranda on Tariff Reform, including current employment levels, investment abroad and commercial relations between the United States and Germany; reports on Tariff Wars in Europe; a memorandum on Preferential Trade; annotated notes on retaliation; tables of relative increases in food prices in...
Dates:
Feb 1904 - 24 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: International Trade; National Revenue: notes and papers., 11 Aug 1904 - 30 Dec 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/22
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes by WSC on import duty; a memorandum by Alfred Flux on import duty; a memorandum on the financial aspect of 10% import duty on manufactured goods; note on the establishment of Liverpool as a Free Port, with a parliamentary paper on continental Free Ports; a memorandum on British investments abroad with notes by Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade]; a copy of the Corn Trade News, with accompanying comments and a letter from Sir Robert Hudson;...
Dates:
11 Aug 1904 - 30 Dec 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: notes and papers., 28 May 1907 - Jan 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/18
Scope and Contents
Includes: an extract from the "Transvaal Leader" on gold production in the Transvaal [South Africa]; a draft of the Board of Trade (Provisional Orders) Bill; notes on the Licensing Law Amendment Bill (1890); notes for a question in the House of Lords on Sunday Labour in the Mercantile Marine, in Britain and abroad, including a letter from Sir Walter Howell [Marine Secretary to the Board of Trade]; an annotated leaflet on the Budget and Unemployment by Sir Francis Mowatt; a draft memorandum...
Dates:
28 May 1907 - Jan 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Patents and Designs Act: notes and papers., 03 Jul 1908 - 30 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/15
Scope and Contents
Includes: a memorandum by Cornelius Dalton [Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks] on the results of the 1907 Patents and Designs Act; note from Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade] on the restricted role of the Comptroller of Patents, compared to the Board of Trade, in gathering information; a list of firms which have commenced or will commence work under the 1907 act.
Dates:
03 Jul 1908 - 30 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Report on Work, 1906 - 1909: notes and prints., 01 Mar 1908 - 03 Jan 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/20
Scope and Contents
Reports and notes on the work of the Board of Trade, on subjects including: Commercial Intelligence; Trade Commissioners; International Exhibitions; Labour Conciliation; the Census of Production; the Patent Office; the Companies Acts; the Assurance Companies Act; notes on General Conditions of Trade, particularly for jute, linen and shipbuilding; a report on Retaliation and Commercial Treaties; notes on the development of the Board of Trade Labour Department; lists of the staff of Mercantile...
Dates:
01 Mar 1908 - 03 Jan 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: State of Employment and Trade: printed memoranda., 08 Aug 1908 - 16 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/17
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes on the disquieting unemployment figures by WSC, and his comments on the memoranda; memoranda on the state of employment and trade, from 1908 to early 1910, including employment, wages, disputes and prices, the state of trade, and trade in France, Germany and the United States; a report on unemployment (September 1908), including trades affected, districts affected, and skilled and unskilled workers.
Dates:
08 Aug 1908 - 16 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Trade Boards Bill, Sweated Industries Bill: notes and papers., 18 Feb 1908 - 09 Apr 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/16
Scope and Contents
Includes: an annotated copy of "The Case for and against a Legal Minimum Wage for Sweated Workers" by the Women's Industrial Council; a memorandum on the Sweated Industries Bill; a memorandum on the Wages Board System in Victoria [Australia]; a memorandum on Civil Service Conciliation or Wages Boards; notes on Sidney Webb [later 1st Lord Passfield]'s scheme for dealing with the Unemployed; observations by Clara Collet [Senior Investigator, Board of Trade] on "The Case for and against a Legal...
Dates:
18 Feb 1908 - 09 Apr 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Unemployment Insurance: printed papers., 21 Feb 1906 - 04 Apr 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes: the report of the Departmental Committee on Vagrancy (Volume 1); preliminary notes on proposed Board of Trade legislation, including the Employers' Liability Insurance Companies Bill, the Companies Acts Amendment Bill, the Patent Law Consolidation Bill, the Light Railways Bill, the amendments to the Cheap Trains Act and Life Assurance Companies' Acts and Copyright legislation; memorandums for the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, on subjects including unemployment statistics,...
Dates:
21 Feb 1906 - 04 Apr 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Committee on China., 02 May 1927 - 17 Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/180
Scope and Contents
Includes: minutes of statements made by Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary; Lord Balfour, Lord President of the Council; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] Secretary of State for Air; and William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty on the situation in China.Also present: a report by the Chiefs of Staff on the situation in China and sanctions; observations by George Mounsey, Arthur...
Dates:
02 May 1927 - 17 Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open