{"id":563797,"date":"2026-07-23T05:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563797\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:59:15","slug":"burnham-announces-20-cut-in-business-rates-for-pubs-clubs-and-music-venues-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/563797\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham announces 20% cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and music venues &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government says cut will save pubs around \u00a31,100 next yearpublished at 06:20 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:20 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/34ffac2f-7f37-4fd4-a556-a1061819b8d0.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Henry Zeffman<br \/>Chief political correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">More details now on the government&#8217;s announcement to slash business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government says it is expected to save a typical pub an estimated \u00a31,100 in tax next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the policy&#8217;s a sign that his government will &#8220;back the businesses that people want to see in their communities&#8221; rather than standing by while &#8220;cherished venues have disappeared from our local high streets&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Downing Street says the tax cut, which will cost around \u00a3100 million a year, will be funded by a review of tax reliefs currently given to businesses which &#8220;do not make a positive contribution to local communities, such as vape shops&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Burnham speaking on Downing Street\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7a5642c0-fad0-46d8-81c9-8534dd51318e.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It adds the government will also &#8220;crack down&#8221; on businesses selling through online marketplaces which &#8220;do not comply with their tax obligations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The rates cut will not apply to the very largest live music venues, with more details of which businesses are eligible to be announced at John Healey&#8217;s first Budget in the autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government says cut will save pubs around \u00a31,100 next yearpublished at 06:20 BST 06:20 BST Henry ZeffmanChief political&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-563797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}