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Burnham won’t be bold enough to make devolution shift the dial on growth

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28.07.2026

Tuesday 28 July 2026 5:49 am  |  Updated:  Monday 27 July 2026 4:56 pm

Burnham won’t be bold enough to make devolution shift the dial on growth

By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief

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Within a year of Cornwall abolishing the 45p additional rate of income tax and reducing corporation tax to 15 per cent, hundreds of entrepreneurs and businesses, including dozens of major financial and professional services firms, had relocated to the county. The influx of private sector dynamism delivered an astonishing economic boost to a region that had long ranked as one of the poorest in Europe.........

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