Without new taxing powers, local authorities would come to depend more and more on help from the National Exchequer and, since he who pays the piper calls the tune, the result must be even stronger central influence over local decisions.
Without new taxing powers, local authorities would come to depend more and more on help from the National Exchequer and, since he who bears the consequences of an action calls the tune, the result must be even stronger central influence over local decisions.