Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 30 June 2014.
Brandon Lewis
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Communities and Local Government
2:30,
30 June 2014
We have provided a £1 billion business rates package for 2014-15, including the £1,000 discount that will benefit smaller shops, pubs and restaurants, of which there are about 280 in Tamworth and 540 in Lichfield. We have also introduced a 50% discount for businesses taking on long-term empty shops, and as I said earlier, we have doubled small business rate relief for another year, helping more than 500,000 businesses.