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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the press report by the British Retail Consortium entitled 400 of Britain's largest shops at risk, published on12 September 2025, on t
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the press report by the British Retail Consortium entitled 400 of Britain's largest shops at risk, published on12 September 2025, on t
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
From April 2026, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut will ensure that eligible RHL properties benefit from much-ne...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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