Question follow-through · 74691
Public Houses: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on pub closures.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on pub closures.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that RHL businesses benefit fro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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