questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help new businesses access high street premises; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming business rates to help facilitate this access.
answerText: Government has introduced High Street Rental Auctions through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. When the powers come into force, they will allow local authorities to require landlords to let their empty high street properties making town centre ...
heading: Retail Trade: Business Rates