Business support key to successful devolution, says Bernstein
Author: Localis |
Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council, has said that business support is essential for devolution. Read an extract of the LGC’s summary of his speech below:
Local government must convince business of the case for fiscal devolution if it is to win any concessions from Whitehall, one of the architects of the Greater Manchester devolution deal has said.
Speaking at the Chartered Institute for Public Finance & Accountancy conference yesterday, Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein said local government needed to develop a “road map” for the devolution of tax raising powers to local areas.