Written Question·Treasury·UIN 90380
Business Rates
Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of businesses closing and vanishing from high streets on councils seeking payment of business rate liabilities.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonBusiness rates are an important source of funding for services local Government provides. A fair business rates system is one in which everyone pays their shareAs announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates f...
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