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Small Businesses: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratTreasuryTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 106372

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on (a) the employer National Insurance Contributions increase and (b) business rates since the Autumn Budget 2026.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Junior Ministers and HM Treasury officials regularly meet with a wide range of businesses and business representation organisations, including with small and medium-sized enterprises. These meetings include discussions on a wide range of policies.

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