Written Question·Treasury·UIN 94572

Food: Business Rates

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to BBC article entitled Tax rises could push food prices higher, warn supermarkets, published on 26 October, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in business rates on fo

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HM Treasury does not produce forecasts of the UK economy. Forecasting the economy, including the potential impact of Government policy decisions, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which published its latest f...

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