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Councils demand ‘clarity’ over funding after business rates devolution is dropped

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A steering group which spent the last 15 months consulting on how 100% business rates retention would work has been disbanded after the exclusion

Thurrock Council has confirmed receipt of a £200m debt support package from the government in what the authority described as a “real boost” in managing its financial situation.

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