The much-maligned business rates system will face fresh scrutiny in a new inquiry by the Treasury select committee in the new year, The Telegraph understands.
Nicky Morgan MP, chair of the committee, will hold a joint evidence session with the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on Wednesday to agree the terms of reference ahead of its inquiry, a spokesman confirmed.
It is understood that a particular focus of the inquiry will be on how to tax the booming digital economy to benefit the UK’s struggling high streets and how the Budget’s measures fail to support larger retailers.
