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While that review is ongoing, and given the challenges that pubs faced over the long term under the previous Government, we are stepping in to provide support for pubs in the next three years. Today, I confirm that, from April, every pub in England will get 15% off its new business rates bill, on top of the support announced in the Budget. Pubs’ bills will then be frozen in real terms for a further two years. That support is worth £1,650 to the average pub next year. It will mean that around three-quarters of pubs will see their bills either fall or stay the same next year. This decision will mean that the amount of business rates paid by the pub sector as a whole will be lower in 2028-29 than it is today.