Is the UK 'squeezing the life' out of pubs and restaurants with high business rates? | BBC News
February 27, 2026
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as posted by the channelChef Tom Kerridge says high business rates are “squeezing the life” out of the hospitality sector in the UK, with knock-on effects ranging from youth unemployment to lost community hubs.
A BBC Question Time audience member asks: “Is it time to reform business rates for hospitality?”
The panel features Labour’s Lisa Nandy, Conservative Alicia Kearns, Liberal Democrat Jess Brown-Fuller, Chef and businessman Tom Kerridge, and journalist Esther Krakue.
Catch up with the whole of the debate with BBC Question Time on iPlayer and Sounds now.
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