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Business Rates: Home Shopping

Commons · Question 97264 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to reform the business rates system to support physical businesses against online retailers.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 11 Dec 2025

The Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality a...