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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox,Athena Stavrou and Kate Devlin

Pubs handed a lifeline as Reeves set to U-turn on plans to scrap business rate relief

Rachel Reeves is set to hand Britain’s ailing pubs a lifeline with a U-turn on plans to scrap business-rate relief for the hospitality industry, ministers have told The Independent.

In what will be another humiliating climbdown for the government, the chancellor is expected to extend the relief in an effort to help landlords with rising bills, instead of scrapping cash support from April.

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