Written Question·Treasury·UIN 39242

Beer and Public Houses: Costs

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) business rates and (b) employment costs increases on the beer and pub sector.

Answer

James Murray
As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27, which will benefit almost all pubs in England. We i...

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