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A row of boarded up shops in Nottingham City Centre
RETAIL union Usdaw is demanding Chancellor Rishi Sunak take action in Wednesday’s Budget to help “save our shops.”
As part of its new retail recovery plan, the union wants the current business rates holiday to be extended to the end of 2021 to help struggling high streets “build back better” after Covid-19.
The union is also demanding a 1 per cent online sales levy to fund a cut in business rates and an extension on eviction bans for shops in rent arrears.
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