questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of increases in the cost of living on the numbers of (a) businesses at risk of insolvency and (b) people in debt in Mid Bedfordshire constituency; and what fiscal steps he is taking to support those (i) businesses and (ii) people.
answerText: The Government announced at Autumn Statement 2023 a business rates support package worth £4.3 billion over the next 5 years to support small businesses and the high street. The small multiplier will be frozen and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) reli...
heading: Small Businesses: Mid Bedfordshire