MPs pile pressure on Government over business rates reform

By Chris Mahony | 21 February 2019

MPs have urged ministers to assess specific proposals for reforming business rates by the autumn.

In a report published today, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee said correcting the imbalance in business rates paid by online and high street retailers was crucial to ‘securing the future of the high street and the retailers which will always be an important part of it’.

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