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Business Rates: Wholesale Trade

Commons · Question 89098 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its plans for business rates reform on the (a) wholesale sector and (b) (i) number of jobs and (ii) levels of costs in the wholesale sector.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 13 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 announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower businessrates multipliers fo...