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- 23 March 1988 - 2 September 1988 (Creation)
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1 file
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Papers relating to the local elections in 1988.
Includes internal and external correspondence planning the coverage such as a list of contacts for the results from each constituency, proposals for the Guardian's layout and proposals for the newspaper's coverage. External correspondence mainly includes discussions with political statisticians over their in depth analysis of a selection of constituencies.
Also includes the election results with copies of the newspaper from 6 and 7 May. There are financial records including requests for payment from external contributors and editorial contributors forms detailing the payments made.
There is also copies of correspondence relating to the Guardian's exclusive access to information from the British Social Attitudes survey and the Independent's intention to break an embargo agreement in 1988 [possibly misfiled].
Main correspondent is Peter Cole.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Cole
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- Cole; Peter; journalist and academic (Subject)
- The Independent (1986-); newspaper (Subject)