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Business Rates: Reviews

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 31 March 2026UIN 123260

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the long-term structure of business rates in England.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The Call for Evidence on business rates and investment closed on 18 February. It asked stakeholders for more detailed evidence on how the business rates system influences investment decisions, with questions on the business rates system’s tax structure, small business rates relief, improvement relief and empty property relief.

The Government is carefully considering representations we’ve received, and a response to the Call for Evidence will be published in due course.

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