Business rates: pressure grows for total rethink on controversial tax

Trade bodies including CBI tell MPs tax is unfair, with some branding it a bigger deterrent to international retailers than the Brexit voteThe government is under growing pressure to overhaul the business rates system rather than just offer help for small firms affected by the revaluation of properties.Theresa May, the prime minister, and Sajid Javid, the communities secretary, told parliament on Wednesday that small businesses facing a sharp increase in their business rates bill from April coul