Oct 29, 2018
Budget 2018: Business rates cut for public toilets
Owners will no longer pay business rates on public toilets, the chancellor has said. The British Toilet Association has estimated that 40% of public toilets have disappeared in the past decade. More than 600 public toilets across the UK have stopped being maintained by councils since 2010 and in 37 areas major councils no longer run any, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Local authorities are not legally required to provide toilets, so they are often closed as councils look to cut costs. Public toilets have traditionally been liable for business rates in the same way as other non-domestic premises such as shops and offices. MPs groaned as Mr Hammond made a string of toilet jokes, including saying that local authorities could at last "Relieve themselves".
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