100% rates retention on its way as Bill receives second reading

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017

Legislation that will pave the way for 100% business rates retention passed its second reading in the House of Commons this week.

Housing minister Gavin Barwell said the Local Government Finance Bill represented a ‘revolutionary’ step but insisted the legislation would not ‘solve all the problems’ facing councils.

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