File of material relating to SDP/Liberal Alliance local government policy, including:

• Inner file of Alliance leaflets, articles and press statement on local government policy, including copy of article by David Owen for Local Government Policy Making Jun 1986 on `The future of local government the Alliance party and local government'
• Correspondence and papers concerning reforms to local government, particularly local government finance, including copy of letter from David Owen in response to letter of concern at proposals to abolish the six Metropolitan County Councils, May 1984; letter from Margaret Thatcher to David Owen discussing reform of local government finance, 22 Apr 1985; Hansard extract of David Owen's statements during Parliamentary debate on the Local Government Finance Bill, Dec 1987; copy of SDP submission to Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Heseltine on `Local Government Finance options for reform', Feb 1991 etc.