National Insurance contributions, business rates and crime – what the budget means for retail

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves today delivered Labour’s first budget in nearly 15 years. But what was in there for retail, and how has the sector reacted?

Stepping up to the dispatch box in the house of commons for the first time as chancellor, Reeves said today’s budget would be the beginning of a decade of “national renewal”.

 

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