Mayoral strategic authorities need tax powers instead of integrated settlements, argues think tank

Any devolution without the benefit of fiscal firepower to back it up is “going to struggle to realise its potential” and will hold back local leaders, according to the lead author of a new report setting out the case for a radical programme of fiscal devolution.

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Alex Walker, of think tank Re:State, said policymakers needed to show “courage” to deliver genuine fiscal devolution, and accept that England was a “massive

Mayoral strategic authorities need tax powers instead of integrated settlements, argues think tank

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