DAN TOMLINSON: 'Lower bills for families will mean more spare cash to spend on the high street'

Writing for The Mirror, Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson said pubs, restaurants, bars, and shops will be getting their first ever permanent cut to their tax rate

Our pubs, cafes and restaurants are the beating heart and soul of communities across the country.

We back Britain’s brilliant hospitality industry, that’s why we are reforming business rates for the long term. At the Budget we announced that pubs, restaurants, bars, and shops will be getting their first ever permanent cut to their tax rate. And this time, it won’t be temporary like it has been over recent years. The value of properties is also being revalued too by independent experts, for the first time since a big dip during the pandemic. We know many business owners are worried about what this means for their bills come Apri