Business rate retention is one of the most significant reforms to local Government finance in over a generation.
There are still some significant questions that remain over the new powers the Government will pass on to local authorities to ensure the policy is revenue neutral. Getting this right will be difficult and, as the campaigning by those in the business community in the run up to the Budget showed, balancing the needs of growing the economy and raising revenue can be challenging.
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