Pubs to get £100m a year support after business rates outcry

Rachel Reeves to announce temporary cap in England and Wales, but not help for wider hospitality sectorPubs voice fury at Reeves’s business rates changesRachel Reeves is poised to unveil a support package worth about £100m annually for pubs, after being warned of widespread closures and job losses after the announcement of controversial changes to business rates.The chancellor is expected to announce the relief package on Tuesday, after officials admitted that they had not foreseen the total financial impact of the rates shake-up in England and Wales announced in the budget in late November. Continue reading...