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Mayors: Taxation

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 1 May 2025UIN 47409

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what local taxes she intends for Mayors to be able to levy.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The English Devolution White Paper sets out an enhanced Devolution Framework. This will be available by default rather than by deal, to both existing and new strategic authorities, creating a consistent, systematic approach and providing Mayor’s with the power to decide what is right for their areas. This framework includes the ability for all Mayoral Strategic Authorities to introduce mayoral precepting on council tax and the ability to raise a Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy to fund strategic infrastructure once a Spatial Development Strategy is in place.

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