Question follow-through · 5684
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to (a) increase and (b) uprate the business rate multipliers for 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to (a) increase and (b) uprate the business rate multipliers for 2025-26.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
The government is committed to delivering a fairer business rates system by levelling the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivising investment, tackling empty properties and supporting entrepreneurship. Any decisions on...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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