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Bim Afolami responds to Treasury Committee report on progress of the Edinburgh Reforms

Published on: 26 April 2024

Published by LNB News

LNB News 26/04/2024

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Issue Date: 26 April 2024

Published Date: 26 April 2024

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The economic secretary to the Treasury, Bim Afolami, has responded to the Treasury Committee’s Second Report of Session 2023–24, Edinburgh Reforms One Year On: Has Anything Changed? (HC 221), setting out the Treasury’s response to each of the 18 conclusions in the report.

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