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Ceauşescu, Nicolae (President of Romania 1967–89), 790
Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB): coal stocks (1981), 142; coal stocks (1984), 341, 343; miners’ strike (1984–5), 347, 350, 353, 358–9, 373; oil- fired power stations, 341, 350; nuclear-powered stations, 341; privatization issues, 682–4
Central Office, 287, 288–9, 291, 421, 574
Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS), 30, 118, 277–8
Centre for Policy Studies, 14
Centre Forward, 416
Challenger tanks, 825, 828
Channel 4, 635, 636, 637
Channel Tunnel, 345
Channon, Paul (Trade and Industry Secretary 1986–87, Transport Secretary 1987–89): DTI, 437, 639; BL, 437, 440–1; Gorbachev meeting, 460; South Africa discussions, 515; leaves Cabinet, 756
Chatham, William Pitt, ist Earl, 10
Chatham dockyard, 251
Chelsea Barracks bomb (1981), 393
Cheltenham speech (1990), 661–2
Cheney, Dick (US Secretary for Defense 1989–93), 818, 821
Chequers, 21, 36–7, 860–1
Chernenko, Konstantin (Soviet General Secretary 1984–85), 458, 459, 461, 469, 546
Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 498
Chevaline, 244, 245
Cheysson, Claude (French Minister for External Relations 1981–84), 542
child: abuse, 626, 627; care, 630–1; benefit, 631
Child Support Act (1991), 630
China: MT’s visit (1982), 259–62, 488; Hong Kong sovereignty, 259–62; role, 487; Hong Kong negotiations, 488–95; Tiananmen Square massacre, 494
Chirac, Jacques (French Prime Minister 1974–76, 1986–88), 729–31, 734–7
Chissano, Joaquim, 527
Chope, Chris, 855
Church of England, 31
Church of Scotland, 704
churches: attitude to education reforms, 593; hostels for young people, 627
Churchill, Winston (Conservative Prime Minister 1940–5, 1951–5), 23, 193, 468, 481, 483, 829, 851
Cities Policy Group, 282
City Technology Colleges, 592, 593
Civil Contingencies Unit, 356
civil service: interventionist policy, 6; relationship with new government, 18; recruitment freeze, 32; reform, 45–9; strike (1981), 139; pay increase for top civil servants, 417
Civil Service College, 47
Civil Service Commission, 47
Civil Service Department (CSD), 47–8
Civil Service Pay Research Unit, 45
Clark, Alan, 853
Clark, Joe (Canadian Prime Minister 1979–80), 68
Clarke, Kenneth (Chancellor of the Duchy 1987–88, Health Secretary 1988–90, Education Secretary 1990–92): Cabinet position, 418; election campaign (1987), 584; Health, 614; Education, 614; Health review, 614–16, 756; suitability as successor to MT, 755; Education, 835; leadership election (1990), 852
Clegg, Hugh, 32
Clegg Commission, 32, 44, 44–5
closed shop, 98, 99, 272–3, 275, 669
clothes, MT’s, 80, 162, 164, 458, 575–6, 779. 845
coal industry: dispute (1981), 139–43; pit closure programme, 139–41, 342–3, 344. 357. 377. 686; overtime ban (1983), 342; coal stocks (1983), 343–4; miners’ strike (1984–5), 344–78; coal stocks (1984), 358; electricity privatization, 684, 685; privatization plans, 685–6; see also National Coal Board, National Union of Mineworkers
Cockfield, Arthur, Lord (Trade Secretary 1982–83, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1983–84, Vice-President European Commission 1985–88), 547
Coggan, Donald, Archbishop, 31
Cold War, 170–1, 450, 769, 799
Coleman, Professor Alice, 605
COMECON, 457
Common Agricultural Policy, see EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, 520- 1
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGMs):
Lusaka (1979), 52, 67, 71, 73–6, 523
Melbourne (1981), 164, 166–7
New Delhi (1983), 332, 491
Nassau (1985), 504, 515, 516–19, 520, 521
London (Special Conference 1986), 520–4
Vancouver (1987), 522–4, 700
Kuala Lumpur (1989), 502, 530–1, 715, 716
communism: Eastern European collapse, 789–90; Soviet Union, 801; see also Marxism, socialism
Communist Party, 295
community charge: Baker’s role, 420, 650–1, 652; Ridley’s role, 563; Patten’s role, 602, 656–8; abolition, 642; defects of rating system, 642–7; origins, 647–51; Chequers seminar, 647–9; dual running, 650–2; abandonment of dual running, 651–5; preparing