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Business Rates

Asked by Sir Mel StrideConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 25 February 2026UIN 113508

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from th

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

More properties will benefit from the new retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers because there is no cash cap, meaning all qualifying properties in an RHL chain will benefit.

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