Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on income tax assignment to local government in England; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Greg Clark
The Government is committed to giving local areas more control over their own resources. By 2020, local government will retain 100 per cent of business rates revenue, up from 50 per cent now.
Asked by: Graham Allen (Labour - Nottingham North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will participate in a conference with the Local Government Association and others on the issues raised in the Third Report of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Session 2012-13 Prospects for codifying the relationship between central and local government, HC 656.
Answered by Kris Hopkins
In the first instance, I refer the hon. Member to the Government Response to the Committee Report (CM 8623). The Government supported further localism and decentralisation, but disagreed with the suggestions of a statutory code, imposing new taxes or making changes to the Parliament Act.
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