Asked by: Aaron Bell (Conservative - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing business rates for firms.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
This Government will conduct a fundamental review of business rates.
My Retail Sector Council industry co-chair and I have already met the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to discuss the Council’s review of the costs retailers face, including business rates.
I will continue to engage with Treasury colleagues as we deliver this important manifesto commitment.