My guess is the hospitality lobby group is quoting staff let go in an industry where there is a lot of temporary hiring and firing, rather than net employment. This is at best misleading and you'… (View Post)

By "clear", you mean "wrong', I think. (View Post)

Agreed. I think rates do need to be tied to ability to pay, in practice profitability. The problem there, profits are easily manipulated unlike property, so you have the Starbucks situation where the… (View Post)

I think the fundamental problem is that low margin businesses requiring high rent properties struggle to pay correspondingly big rates bills. The issue is structural. Sunak applied a band aid, which … (View Post)

There are 20 seats where the Lib Dems came second to the Conservatives in 2024, according to Google AI. These would be the obvious targets for them if the Conservatives fall back further relative to … (View Post)