Business Rates and Income Tax: Rural Areas
Lords · Question HL3459 · Tabled 14 Sep 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 28 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Berkeley
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the fiscal devolution roadmap, to be published alongside the Autumn Budget, will include a weighting for rural sparsity and remoteness within the arrangements for the retention of business rates and income tax by st
Answer
Answered by Lord Pitt-Watson, 28 Sep 2026
The government is committed to supporting local leaders to drive growth and improve public services. In the Cabinet Statement on ‘Rewiring the State’ the government committed to replace grants from central government with a share of local income tax for e...