Leisure and Retail Trade: Business Rates
Commons · Question 100201 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to explore alternatives to business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure premises; and whether she has considered implementing a Commercial Landowner Levy based on land value
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 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 new permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitali...