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Chancellor to give local leaders control over national taxes

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to give ‘local leaders’ control of some national taxes in a ‘permanent transfer of power and resources’ to regions.

Rachel Reeves © Martin Suker

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to give ‘local leaders' control of some national taxes in a ‘permanent transfer of power and resources' to regions.

Reeves used her annual Mais Lecture to announce that Treasury officials would work with leaders to ‘develop a roadmap for future fiscal devolution to be published at this year's Budget'.

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