"We're definitely pushing down the farmer route,"
"All the trade bodies and a lot of the bigger organisations are now starting to organise for proper industrial action... There's a protest planned for the end of the month, and we're looking into some major kind of industrial action now."
"Obviously, what's happened is there were reductions in place during COVID, which were always going to be unwound... I accept that because of revaluation, that means that some will have their bills going up. We want to talk to the sector, I want to keep working with them to make sure we can work this through... whether that's on licensing freedoms or other measures."
"[From] the conversation with Peter that isn't something that he has control over. That sits in Treasury. He has a meeting with the Treasury next week. He's presenting the case. He was incredibly supportive."
A campaign by pub landlords to ban Labour MPs has escalated amid a revaluation of business rates and the planned end of Covid-era relief from April 2026. Thousands of pubs face closure as higher rateable values and rising taxes increase operating costs and threaten viability. Landlords and trade bodies are organizing and considering industrial action, with a protest scheduled for the end of January. Political leaders acknowledge that revaluation may raise some bills and express willingness to engage on measures such as licensing freedoms. The Business Secretary is reported as supportive, but final decisions rest with the Treasury.
Read at London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
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