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Reeves promises national tax slice direct to Mayors

19 March 2026
 

Regional mayors have been promised control of some tax revenue to spend on their local priorities, by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

The plans, which will be detailed in the autumn Budget, would not increase taxes but hand local control of some national tax income, Reeves indicated, also announcing a new £2.5bn investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, designed to boost the UK economy.

At her Mais Lecture at the Bayes Business School in the City of London, she said...

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