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Music Venues: Business Rates

Commons · Question 39204 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the report by the Music Venue Trust entitled Annual Report 2024, published on 24 January 2025, on the potential impact

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 26 Mar 2025

As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including grassroots music venues, with rateable values below £500,000 from 2026-27. This permanent ta...