US EditionMinisters Face Calls to Expand Business Rate Relief Beyond Pubs as U-Turn Looms
The Treasury prepares relief for pubs facing a 76% business rates hike while hospitality groups demand support for hotels, pharmacies, and live venues facing steep increases.
- On January 8, 2026, the Treasury is preparing a support package for the pub industry to be announced soon, with Treasury minister Dan Tomlinson leading weeks of talks.
- Property revaluations and November policy changes drove the reaction as business-rate rises resulted from property revaluations and Covid-era discounts withdrawn in November, prompting the Chancellor's commissioned review before Christmas.
- Ministers already put a £4.3 billion fund in place to help pubs, and UKHospitality data shows hotels face a 115% increase by 2030, with the National Pharmacy Association warning of a 140% rise.
- High street businesses pressed ministers to widen relief beyond pubs, with Kate Nicholls urging `a hospitality-wide solution` and the Liberal Democrats demanding proposals `today` to prevent closures.
- Trade bodies warned that `piecemeal responses like this` will not save high streets and urged `fundamental reform`, with Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice calling closures `a cultural catastrophe as much as an economic one`.
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Ministers face calls to expand business rate relief beyond pubs as U-turn looms
Trade bodies said ‘piecemeal responses’ will not ‘save our high streets’.
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