Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates
Commons · Question 109276 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cost of (a) the potential business rates relief for pubs and (b) the cost of extending this relief to (i) the hospitality sector and (ii) the retail sector.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 6 Feb 2026
From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget and then bills will be frozen in real terms for a further two years.Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the...