Retail Trade: Business Rates
Commons · Question 84972 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage retail businesses to return to the high street through changes to business rates.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 3 Nov 2025
The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospital...