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'Push for fiscal devo to survive'

Local government must keep pushing for more fiscal devolution to survive financially, according to a leading combined authority chief executive.

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By Heather Jameson | 21 June 2016

Local government must keep pushing for more fiscal devolution to survive financially, according to a leading combined authority chief executive.

Speaking exclusively to The MJ, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) chief executive Martin Reeves said 100% retention of business rates did not go far enough.

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