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UK to reduce planned rise in business rates: Hammond

Published November 22, 2017 Updated November 22, 2017 08:48pm

"I will accept the representation of the British Chambers of Commerce, CBI and other business organisations and bring forward the planned switch from RPI (Retail Price Inflation) to CPI (Consumer Price Index) by two years, to April 2018," he said.

Hammond said the move was worth 2.3 billion pounds ($3 billion) to businesses over the next five years.

 

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