Steve Reed: “The chancellor pointed to devolving aspects of income tax, as we discussed, but certainly we look at business rates, too…”

This Government is driving the most ambitious programme of local government reform in a generation, replacing the inefficient two-tier system with new unitary councils so that all parts of our country are ready for devolution.

Very, very different from when it happened under the Tories

There are conversations going on in Parliament all the time

These tough new rules will shut down dodgy funding, stop foreign money influencing our elections and keep our democracy strong.