Councils walk away from business rates pools amid income fears

By Dan Peters | 18 February 2021

Four business rates pools have walked away from the opportunity amid major uncertainty about the future income hit.

Faced with having to bail out their neighbours by covering safety net payments, business rates pools covering Greater Manchester and Cheshire, London, Norfolk and West Sussex have all decided to pull out in 2021-22.

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