Written Question·Treasury·UIN 97264

Business Rates: Home Shopping

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to reform the business rates system to support physical businesses against online retailers.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality a...

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