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Business Rates: Local Press

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75616

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the level of change in business rates on local newspapers in 2025-26.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Government does not hold data on the business rates paid by the local newspaper sector.

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