Written Question·Treasury·UIN 81056
Retail Trade: Business Rates
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Gregory Stafford
Conservative — Farnham and Bordon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the British Retail Consortium press notice entitled 400 of Britain’s largest shops at risk, published on 12 September 2025.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonFrom April 2026, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut will ensure that eligible RHL properties benefit from much-ne...
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