The BRC has voiced concerns over claims by government minister Nick Raynsford that business rates should be re-localised.

The plan is just one of the taxes proposed to reform local government funding. The BRC feels this could prove disastrous for the retail industry.

BRC director General Bill Moyes, said: “Returning to local business rates would be returning to an inconsistent and ineffective system that in the past, proved a failure. Charges fluctuated massively from one council to another and major discrepancies ended with business and local government at loggerheads with each other. We cannot let this happen again - businesses need to be protected from these discrepancies and unfair increases.”

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