Correspondence with officials at the Department of the Environment relating to local government issues. Includes correspondence with David Marsh, Michael Portillo and John Redwood as Ministers for Local Government and Inner Cities. Subjects include: trading profits and block borrowing approval in relation to Sheffield City Council; restrictions on elected members and local government officers under the Local Government and Housing Act; implementation of the poll tax; urban regeneration funding for Sheffield; the running of Sheffield Development Corporation (SDC); community charge capping; City Challenge funding; and refinancing of loans for Sheffield City Council.