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    Actually howard, yes.

    The big move, as I have said, is towards localism. Part of that would be greater autonomy for Councils but they can only have that if they were responsible for raising all their revenue themselves locally.

    There is a suggestion in Conservative circles that local authorites be funded by a mix of local sales tax (replacing VAT), local business rates (replacing NNDR), and a reformed Council Tax. There would be no grant then from Government except as a transitional arrangement for some particularly deprived areas.

    We will have to see whether the economic situation delays these kind of reforms but I do believe they will come eventually.

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