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Budget: Co-op welcomes business rates reform and ‘backs Britain’ with £1bn boost

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Following the Autumn Budget, Co-op has announced plans to ‘Back Britain’ with a targeted £1bn into the UK economy over the next 12 months, designed to back Britain’s consumers, businesses and high streets. Co-op also welcomed the government’s decision to deliver long-promised business-rates reform, saying…

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