Written Question·Treasury·UIN 41563

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rate relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses beyond March 2026.

Answer

James Murray
Retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) relief has been extended year-by-year by previous governments since the pandemic. It has been a stopgap measure, and we recognise that businesses need longer term certainty on their liabilities. Without any government...

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