Andy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won’t benefit regions equally – UK politics live
3m ago04.29 EDTAndy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won't benefit regions equallyGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Speaking on Times Radio, she acknowledged that London, which already attracts major investment, will be able to retain more money under the government’s tax devolution plans. Haigh said: double quotation markThere is already a way that the business rates retention is distributed to correspond with central funding formula to correct for that.
- ▪3m ago04.29 EDTAndy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won't benefit regions equallyGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics.
- ▪Speaking on Times Radio, she acknowledged that London, which already attracts major investment, will be able to retain more money under the government’s tax devolution plans.
- ▪Haigh said: double quotation markThere is already a way that the business rates retention is distributed to correspond with central funding formula to correct for that.
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3m ago04.29 EDTAndy Burnham to set out devolution plan amid criticism it won't benefit regions equallyGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. From 2028 English regional mayors, for the first time, will be handed a share of income tax receipts instead of central grants and be less beholden to the Treasury by being able to borrow to invest in big projects.Mayors will also be able to keep a share of business rates totalling tens of millions of pounds by April 2027, and gain greater control over services such as housing and transport, under plans that form part of the government’s devolution agenda.As my colleague Josh Halliday notes in this story, these will replace existing grants rather than being additional money, but local leaders said no longer relying on…
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