Business rate cut means big questions over funding

摘要

Well bang goes local government finance. This week, Boris announced that business rates, the future mainstay of council budgets, would be cut. He told the CBI conference: 'And to make sure that the businesses of this country can continue to flourish 1 am announcing today a package of measures cutting business rates further. We will have a big review of business rates.' Cutting rates further, particularly for SMEs will help above all, to stimulate the high street.'