Andy Burnham has echoed Angela Rayner’s calls for Reeves to reduce business rates for hospitality and create a new minister for nightlife. Speaking after the Red Queen at the Nighttime Economy Summit, Burnham blasted Reeves’ tax raids:
“I would argue for a VAT rate more consistent with what you find in Europe because of the social value that your businesses bring to places and towns that need that life injected into them. I personally would support permanently a lower business rates regime for hospitality businesses for exactly the same reason.”
Singing from the same hymn sheet. Reeves can’t catch a break these days…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”