Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 24
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Align accountability for national taxation decisions impacting local government between departments
Conclusion
The Ministry and HM Treasury must work together to align accountability over decisions that affect local government, including around national taxation. Authority over tax decisions that affect local government and responsibility for the financial sustainability of local government should be held together, perhaps by a single Minister who can work across departments at the Ministry and HM Treasury. (Recommendation, Paragraph 83) 76 The big pressures
Government Response
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