Pledges to devolve greater business revenue powers to local authorities formed key planks of the Conservative and Labour party manifesto offers issued this week.
In its manifesto issued on Monday, the Labour Party confirmed it would ‘enable city and county regions to retain 100% of additional business rates raised from growth in their area’.
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