Lincolnshire Mayor 'considering tax rebate' with new powers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced that regional mayors will get to keep a share of income tax and business rates which usually go to Whitehall.
52% : "Under our plans, more of the taxes raised in a community will stay in that community.
50% : Ministers have also poured cold water on the idea of mayoral tax rebates, with First Secretary of State Louise Haigh saying a scheme would need to be run by HMRC.
48% : However some Reform and Conservative mayors are understood to be exploring whether the tax could be put back in residents' pockets, The Times has reported.
44% : Mayors will be able to keep more tax from their areas, but the government says it should be spent, not handed back Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns is considering using new powers to hand taxpayers a rebate, according to media reports.

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