Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham made a much reported appearance yesterday at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester
Emphasising that he was “place first rather than party first”, The Mayor launched into an attack on council tax asking how it could be justified that council tax has not been revalued since 1991?
Northern households pay hundreds of pounds more than those in London and the south-east saying that local government finance was the biggest threat to devolution
“The big risk in devolution at the moment is local government finance. We’ve built these new combined authorities but on what foundations?
Burnham not for the first time called for the introduction of a “tourist tax” on visitors to Greater Manchester and called on Rachel Reeves to consider a wealth tax
