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Sector set to clash over rates reform

A sector clash is threatening to erupt over business rates retention, with views split on the future of the policy.

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By Dan Peters | 23 March 2022

A sector clash is threatening to erupt over business rates retention, with views split on the future of the policy.

The long-planned reform was thrown into doubt late last year when local government secretary Michael Gove acknowledged that increased business rates retention went against the broader principle of levelling up.

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