Retail Trade: Business Rates
Commons · Question 81056 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the British Retail Consortium press notice entitled 400 of Britain’s largest shops at risk, published on 12 September 2025.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 20 Oct 2025
From April 2026, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut will ensure that eligible RHL properties benefit from much-ne...