questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95882, on Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties, for what reason CPI is used to calculate business rates.
answerText: The national business rates multipliers uprate by the previous September’s CPI figure every April. Business rates make up a quarter of Local Authority core spending power and support critical local services, including child and adult social care. Indexing...
heading: Business Rates: Uprating