Business: Taxation
Commons · Question 121815 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates and (b) other property-based business taxation on town centres and high streets.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 26 Mar 2026
The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street. That is why, from April, the Government will introduce new permanently lower multipliers for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties. These new mult...