{"id":393234,"date":"2026-01-27T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393234\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:00:09","slug":"bbc-verify-what-tracking-data-and-satellite-imagery-can-tell-us-about-us-forces-in-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393234\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify: What tracking data and satellite imagery can tell us about US forces in the Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much tax does the UK government raise from business rates?published at 12:24 GMT<\/p>\n<p>12:24 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-3u1n9h-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bcdb0455-8dcd-4164-bd7d-df9545ba84d2.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Ben Chu<br \/>BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The UK government is expected to announce later that it will provide additional relief for pubs affected by the forthcoming changes in business rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/budget-2025-document\/budget-2025-html\" class=\"ssrcss-ydgjc1-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It announced a reform of the system in the November 2025 Budget, external<\/a>, which it said would permanently reduce the business rates due from small retail, hospitality and leisure firms in England relative to other types of businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, in April all firms in the UK face a revaluation of their properties for the purpose of levying business rates, which happens every three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The temporary Covid-era business rates relief system for pubs is also being fully withdrawn in 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The combination of these changes has left some &#8211; though not all &#8211; pubs facing a sizable increase in their business rates bill from April.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two pints of foaming beer on a bar towel at a pub\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/47c5d669-f081-40f3-8459-4386fc207075.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPAImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pubs are expected to get additional help with business rates from the government<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/questions-statements.parliament.uk\/written-questions\/detail\/2025-12-11\/99344\/\" class=\"ssrcss-ydgjc1-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In the Budget, external<\/a>, the government put a support package in place which it says will mean most firms\u2019 bills will rise by no more than 15% this year, at a cost to the taxpayer of \u00a34.3bn over the next three years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government is expected to increase the size of this taxpayer-funded relief package. We don\u2019t yet know exactly which businesses &#8211; beyond pubs &#8211; will benefit, by how much and how long it will last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Office for Budget Responsibility, the UK\u2019s economic forecaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/obr.uk\/docs\/dlm_uploads\/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025.pdf\" class=\"ssrcss-ydgjc1-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has projected the government will get \u00a333.6bn from business rates in 2026-27 rising to \u00a341.9bn in 2029-30, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Business rates are the sixth largest revenue raiser for the government after income tax, National Insurance, VAT, corporation tax and council tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How much tax does the UK government raise from business rates?published at 12:24 GMT 12:24 GMT Ben ChuBBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-393234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}