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Devolution Drive: Mayors to Get a Slice of Income Tax

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Source: BBC
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.

Topics:worldpolitics#devolution#economicgrowth#incometaxshare#localgovernmentfunding#metromayors#politics
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  1. Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax  BBC
  2. Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers  The Guardian
  3. Burnham to Give Mayors Share of Income Tax in UK Devolution Push  Bloomberg
  4. Mayors plan tax rebates for voters with devolution windfall  thetimes.com
  5. Burnham’s income tax revolution is a gamble – but here’s why it works  The i Paper

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