Top retailers write to Rishi Sunak arguing for a cut to shops tax

Rishi Sunak has been sent a letter by the likes of Tesco and Greggs calling for a cut in business rates for shops

RISHI Sunak has come under pressure from a clan of top retailers to cut business rates for shops with suggestions funding could be raised from an online sales tax.

A temporary group calling itself the Retail Jobs Alliance - involving the likes of Tesco, Greggs, Waterstones, and J Sainsbury - has written to the Chancellor to demand he "cuts the shops tax".