MPs call for rates and LEP reviews

By Dan Peters | 03 March 2017

MPs have called for separate government reviews of local enterprise partnerships (LEP) and the business rates system as part of the industrial strategy.

A report today by the Business Committee said LEPs should be reviewed to ‘ensure that needless duplication is avoided, best practice is shared and value for money is secured’.

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