More businesses call to be included in pub rates backtrack

High street shops, pharmacies and music venues have called on Rachel Reeves to axe the looming increases to business rates for them as well as pubs.The government is expected to announce a climbdown on the increases to business rates bills faced by pubs in England in the coming days.Landlords and pub owners have been fiercely critical of the impending hikes, with more than 1,000 pubs banning Labour MPs from their…