Burnham offers 20% cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music in England – UK politics live

The prime minister said the £100m package would mean the typical pub would save around £1,100 in the next financial year Andy Burnham said it was time to support vanishing “cherished local spaces” with his business rates reduction. The prime minister wrote on X: I’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates. I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs. For too long, governments have stood by while cherished venues have disappeared from our local high streets. So today I am changing that. T

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