Business Rates: Tax Allowances
Commons · Question 68002 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to business rates relief on (a) leisure, (b) hospitality and (c) retail businesses.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 23 Jul 2025
Retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) business rates relief has been extended year-by-year by previous governments since the pandemic, creating uncertainty for businesses and an unsustainable fiscal pressure for Government.Without any Government intervent...