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Labour to U-turn on pub business rates after backlash
The government will ease pub business rate hikes with sector-specific relief after lobbying from MPs and landlords, amid warnings of a 76% increase over three years, industry groups said.
- The government plans to reconsider business tax relief for pubs due to backlash from Labour MPs and industry representatives, according to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
- Thirty Labour MPs have written to Rachel Reeves requesting immediate support for pubs facing potential closures from the business rate increases next year.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to reverse her decision to eliminate business tax relief for pubs, responding to fears that many pubs could close due to increasing rates.
- Number 10 is engaging with the hospitality industry, with £4.3 billion in support already allocated to help businesses.
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Rachel Reeves’s pub reprieve is nothing for Labour to cheer about
Editorial: The government’s latest U-turn, over business rate relief, will be welcomed by publicans – but it only comes after a noisy nationwide campaign that saw MPs banned from more than a thousand boozers. It is sadly emblematic of how this administration goes about its business
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Center
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