Markets: Business Rates
Commons · Question 56393 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce business rates for the owners and tenants of buildings containing market stalls.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 5 Jun 2025
Business rates are paid by the occupiers of commercial properties. In the event a property is unoccupied, the property owner is liable for the property’s business rates bill. To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax ra...