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Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing business rates for hospitality venues on high street regeneration.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 10 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 14 Oct 2025
Answer: 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing business rates for hospitality venues on high street regeneration.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
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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