Sunak unveils £7bn reduction in business rates but refuses to scrap system
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a raft of measures to reduce business rates but stopped short of fundamentally overhauling the system.
In his Budget statement, Sunak maintained the changes would cut business rates by £7bn, but that it would be “irresponsible” not to retain them overall because they are worth £25bn.
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