Written Question·Treasury·UIN 121815

Business: Taxation

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Mr Louie French

ConservativeOld Bexley and Sidcup

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) business rates and (b) other property-based business taxation on town centres and high streets.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street. That is why, from April, the Government will introduce new permanently lower multipliers for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties. These new mult...

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