Initial Inquiry
In July 2004 the Government appointed Sir Michael Lyons to undertake a comprehensive Inquiry into local government funding, focussing in particular on:
- the most pressing issues affecting local government funding
- how council tax should be reformed
- other possible sources of local funding, such as local income tax, reformed non-domestic rates and other local taxes and charges
- the implications for the financing of possible elected regional assemblies
Work on the Inquiry began in ernest in October 2004, and encompassed the commissioning of research and a number of public consultation events.
In November 2004, the voters in North East England rejected a proposal for an Elected Regional Assembly, following which the Government abandoned its plans to proceed with the introduction elected assemblies across England.
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