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Sir Robin Wales, Mayor of Newham said: "The Scottish referendum has reignited the debate about the unfinished business of devolution for England's cities and regions.
Councils are to be allowed to keep rates totalling £26 billion which they raise from business, in a "devolution revolution" to shake-up the way local government is funded, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
Miliband's promise came the same day one of the UK's most influential business leaders insisted devolution in all regions of the UK should be "a major priority for whoever forms the next government".
CBI Wales director Emma Watkins added: "Businesses will hope that full devolution of business rates will encourage the Welsh government to support development and attract new investment".
However, he did not refer to Osborne by name and delivered a dig at his department for stealing city hall policies, such as devolution of business rates and a national living wage.
The Institute of Directors (IoD) business group welcomed the devolution of power to the local.
On the devolution of business rates, the Federation of Small Businesses in Wales said it had been "consistently and forcefully" campaigning for it.
"The full devolution of business rates would open the way for much-needed reform which would assist small firms and the wider Welsh economy".
"There are many questions left unanswered by today's announcement, crucially over the full devolution of business rates to Wales," said the chair of FSB Wales' policy unit, Janet Jones.
