The snap election has shunted moves to full business rates retention into the sidings. But does local government now face delay or abandonment of what had been slated as the biggest revolution in local government finance for generations? Jonathan Werran investigates

In the recollections of former government communications supremo Sir Craig Oliver, David Cameron’s reaction, once the result of the EU referendum vote dawned in the early hours last June, was quite a masterpiece in understatement.

‘Well that didn’t go according to plan!’ has already gone down in modern political legend as the former prime minister’s snap verdict on the popular judgment that ended his political career and is now shaping the era.