Devolution Drive: Mayors to Get a Slice of Income Tax
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposes giving English metro mayors a share of income tax from April 2028 and allowing them to keep some business-rate revenue from April 2027 to fund local services like housing and transport; details will be laid out in the autumn budget as part of a broad devolution push, with mixed responses about potential funding disparities.
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