Hospitals and police stations set for tax hikes in business rates overhaul

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box before delivering her Budget (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Hundreds of NHS hospitals, universities and police stations will face a new Government levy under an “ill-thought-out” overhaul of business rates rules, according to a new analysis.

The Government said in Wednesday’s autumn Budget that it would make a raft of changes to the current regime for business rates, the tax on commercial properties, in order to ease the burden on smaller high street operators.