Angela Rayner has criticised the Chancellor Rachel Reeves over business rates, energy bills and hospitality VAT.
The Greater Manchester MP speaking at the nighttime economy summit in Liverpool in what will be seen as doing some positioning ahead of the inevitable leadership contest said
“Confidence in politics matters. Businesses need to believe they will be treated fairly. That the rules won’t shift without warning. That the long-standing structural issues will finally be addressed, not deferred again.”
She says the government needs to drop ideology and be pragmatic to help businesses
Speaking at the same event Andy Burnham said “policy changes” were needed to make sure leisure and hospitality venues were seen as “critical infrastructure”.
Mr Burnham told a conference in Liverpool: “For me the night-time economy brings the thing that puts the whole life into the place.
“We need to give it the maximum protection in my view from a planning point of view because once you lose it you lose it and then you lose the vibrancy, you lose the life in your places.”
