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MP launches Bill to scrap business rates

Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.

Business rates should be abolished in a bid to save high street shops, an MP has claimed.

Yorkshire MP, Kevin Hollinrake, has introduced a 10-minute rule Bill to scrap business rates in favour of a 3p rise in VAT.

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