Business rates pressure on Welsh firms raised with Welsh Government

Senedd Member urges Welsh Government to halt business rate increases

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire’s Senedd Member has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Mark Drakeford - calling on the Welsh Government to follow the UK Labour Government’s apparent change of direction on business rates in England and warning that rising rateable values are pushing Welsh businesses to the brink.

Business rates pressure on Welsh firms raised with Welsh Government

MS seeks clarity after reports Labour may reverse increases in England A PEMBROKESHIRE Senedd Member has written to the Welsh Government seeking clarity over business rates in Wales following reports that the UK Labour Government is preparing to reverse proposed increases in England. Samuel Kurtz MS, the Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, has contacted the Cabinet Secretary for Finance after it emerged that Labour ministers in W…