Betting Shops: Business Rates
Commons · Question 106110 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Mary Glindon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the exclusion of licensed betting offices from Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief, including the consiste
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Jan 2026
In October 2024, the Government laid a statutory instrument defining the retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties that will be eligible for new, lower business rates multipliers from April 2026. Since they were announced at Budget 2024, the Govern...