Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 80670

Retail Trade: Market Towns

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Leigh Ingham

LabourStafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support for small high street businesses in (a) Stafford and (b) other market towns.

Answer

Blair McDougall
Our Plan for Small Businesses sets out how government will work across departments to help SMEs, including those on the high street, to start and thrive.High street businesses will benefit from legislation to end the scourge of late payments costing the U...

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