Tories pledge help for 'left behind' towns

The party said that, if re-elected, it would increase the business rate discount available to smaller firms from 33% to 50% in 2020/21.

The changes to business rates would only apply to England. Business rates for Wales are set in Westminster, but relief is set by the Welsh government.If you want to make a retailer's blood boil, just say the words"business rates" and it usually does the trick. These promises from the Conservative party will be welcomed by those who would benefit - the smallest retailers, independent cinemas, and little local pubs.

Just two weeks ago the Treasury Select Committee released a report into what they described as the"broken" and"unfair" rates system.

How many times has this been promised? More empty statememts

They're left behind because the TORIES cut funding for public FUCKING services gtto

The only pledge they can deliver is... furniture polish...

The Tories are the ones that have left those towns behind. Conservatives simply can't be trusted with our future.

Why wasn’t anything done before then, i hope the tories get annihilated in the GE

Lol. Another Tory pledge

That will be every town North of Watford!

LOL! Seriously?! They quite literally dont careless but such matters. If anyone believes that they really are naive morons! Tories BorisJohnsonIsAnArsehole borisOut ToriesOut ToriesLie BorisJohnson Conservatives

But they have been in power for close to 10 years so who left them behind?

Sadly the internet has ruined the high Street along with all the building of out of town monstrous shopping centres.

There's not much you can do except giving out money. Some towns just stop being viable economically.

Who left them behind?

That have had 8 years to do something

And they were left behind by.... If the Conservatives remain in power after nearly ten years of dragging us all, we deserve the asset stripping, isolationist, little Britain path they will undoubtedly take us down.

Windsor, Eton, Cheltenham & St Albans. They only have ONE Waitrose! 🤣

Are these the same towns that people have told Boris to “Get out” from? VoteLabour2019 GE2019 ToriesOut BorisJohnson

Risible......they're taking the pee. 9 yes nine years in government and sweet F A done by the Tories let's get the ToriesOut GE2019

'C'est que vous faites au plus petits des mes frères, c'est à moi que vous les faites.' Matthew 25: 40 TheEndIsNigh

So what have the TORIES been doing for 9 years?

None of them give a shit about anywhere out side of London

By dragging all other British towns down to the same level?

Oooh!! Let’s fix the mess we made!! All their pledges are nothing but lies. Britain is broken because of the Tories. NHS, Police, Unemployment & Zero he contracts, Youth services & mental health. They’re not fit for purpose, time for change

“The country deserves better”

Ok

Good work, the BBC. By putting the focus on how the Tories will say they'll help the towns left behind, you can hide the fact that it was the Tories who left them behind in the first place. We have to stop Corbyn with pro-Tory framing like this!

Choose the greater irony time again... Tories created these left behind towns. Often deliberately Vs Ooh look they're all marginals in the election Vs A small discount on a heavy tax Vs Another 'promise' of money that's only appeared since the election was called

The End is Nigh. 🙏

Could bbcpress explain why Labour news always given higher profile than Conservatives by BBCRedButton news? Labour free broadband top headline, Tories help left behind towns fifth. Consistent trend. Why? Conservatives sajidjavid vickyford afneil MrTCHarris IsabelOakeshott

Here’s a starter for you. Reduce rates and remove draconian parking restrictions. That will breathe life back into the high streets.

Shall we explore why they are 'left behind' Conservatives and LibDems?

It's only been a decade of neglect and all of a sudden they pretend to give a fuck right before the election. Funny that!

Tory solution, leave other towns behind then nearly everywhere will be on a level playing field.

wasn't it the Tories that left them behind in the first place?

People don’t want to shop, they do most of it online

I don't believe a word they say.

Tories killed 130K. They xon't think a give a damn

You want to win the election BorisJohnson , for the last three years all we have had is brexit , the country is *ucked, no body has run day to day

'TORIES PLEDGE TO PUT OUT FIRES THEY STARTED'

It's a bit late , ories have let the Internet companies off whilst crucified high St suffer ridiculous taxes and their customers ridiculous car park fees BorisJohnson you need to live in the real world , people are homeless and you give 14.6 billion away in foreign aid

BorisJohnson we could use the 14.6 billion plus in foreign aid you waste on lunacy schemes to build our flood defences , Just think people's homes would be dry instead of lunacy policies abroad

Until after the election right? When they will forget about this pledge or come up with an excuse why it can’t be done or blame someone else for why it can’t be done. The current Conservative Party, and most particularly their leader, are inept and untrustworthy.

Who left them behind?

Get The Tories Out. GTTO VoteLabour2019

Left behind by, er, the Tories. The only agency helping these towns was the EU.

Lots of promises ‘flying’ about at present, hope someone is keeping tabs on them !

Too late .no one trust you anymore. VoteLabour2019

The trouble with Tory pledges is that they have ALREADY shown us what they will do in Government. Too often, the answer is NOTHING. GTTO JC4PM

Much as I am Tory rather than Labour. This sounds like a trump commitment!

The fact that there's someone out there that'll believe this and vote tory is deeply depressing.

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End car parking charges and clean up. Ban chewing gum, fast food throwaways and swampy kids running amok.

Remind me Who left them behind?

Left behind by who exactly?

using Trump 2016 campaign blueprint I see

too little too late BorisJohnson Conservatives or even jeremycorbyn joswinson will need to come up with a lot more than just hot air & fake funding suggestions to put real life back into the crumbling highstreet of tory destruction

They’ve had 10 years to do these things they promised. They haven’t. They’ve actively made things worse. Don’t believe they’ll do them with another 5.

Everything they promised in the last TWO elections have been lies. The 200,000 houses that haven’t even been started, the help for the poor, improvements for the north, etc. All lies. But people will still fall for it.

You know that it was the Tory govt. that left them behind, right. If they wanted to do this, or even plan on doing so, please, please as a responsible, agnostic broadcaster ask why it's taken until year 10 to do it. These arent new issues.

Tories left them behind. Cut funding to local authorities. Took cash from the pockets of people most likely to spend it locally.

Aye, and I promise Im going to marry Kelly Brooke next summer. This game is easy.

Sorry I don’t believe a fecking word they have got to say about supporting anywhere that isn’t London, Tories or Labour.

BULLSHIT!!!

Flood these towns with diversity! It's such a success in London!

Tories promising to clean up their own mess? Yeah right.

The Eton Rifles will bring the relief that only Capitalism can offer...

That is at least more believable than free broadband I suppose

After 10 years of leaving them behind.

they only had ten years to do that. electioneering.

And who exactly left them behind?

Tories continuing the squeeze on local council budgets, which keep, and desperately need, half of business rate income. Steps need to be taken to help small business on the high street, but this policy is poorly thought out.

Thanks to tory austerity vote Labour to make real change

More and more lies.

Who left them behind in the first place?

Funny how they're all Tory marginals

Yeah right.

And pigs can Fly

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