Local government in Britain / Ken Young -- The recent history of local fiscal reform / Peter G. Richards -- The politicisation of local government / John Berridge -- The legal limits of local autonomy / Chris Himsworth -- A poll tax for Britain? / Clive Martlew and Stephen J. Bailey -- Local freedom and central control / Tom Wilson -- Rates reform and the housing market / Gordon A. Hughes -- The future role of grants in local government finance / David King -- Non-domestic rates and local taxation of business / Robert J. Bennett -- Local government finance and macroeconomic policy / Richard Jackman -- The British reform in its international context / Ronan Paddison
