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Associate Director
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.

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N, Amin Smith and D, Phillips and P, Simpson. (2016). Real-terms change in local government service spending by LA decile of grant dependence, 2009-10 to 2016-17, England, Scotland and Wales. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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