| Heading: |
Business Rates |
| Question ID: |
1787822 |
| UIN: |
40774 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5255 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joe Robertson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Joe Robertson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure that the proposed higher business rates multiplier for properties with a rateable value of £500,000 or more is index-linked. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so the Government intends to apply a higher ra... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |