Written Question·Treasury·UIN 97250
Retail Trade: Business Rates
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Question
Greg Smith
Conservative — Mid Buckinghamshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to use the business rates system to help support high street businesses in the context of their competition with online retailers.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Government is delivering a long overdue reform to rebalance the business rates system and support the high street, as promised in our manifesto. The Government is doing this by introducing permanently lower tax rates for eligible retail, hospitality a...
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