Petition Allow town councils to set their own business rates

Small towns across the U.K. Are suffering from empty shops due in part to excessive business rates. These rates should be set locally and councils should be able to suspend temporarily in order to boast local business.

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Currently rates are set by the valuation office. They need to be set locally based on requirements and economic growth.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

18 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 18 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 3 May 2017
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