Written Question·Treasury·UIN 84972

Retail Trade: Business Rates

Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Mr Louie French

ConservativeOld Bexley and Sidcup

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to encourage retail businesses to return to the high street through changes to business rates.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospital...

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