00:00What we were going to do was abolish business rates for the high streets based on the rateable value of
00:05the shops.
00:06I don't think we need to go into every single shop and decide whether it's a nice one or not
00:11a nice one before they get a tax cut.
00:14The government needs to be fair to everybody. And what we had was fair because retail, hospitality and leisure is
00:21the sector that is struggling the most with Labour's tax rises.
00:24Picking out just pubs and music venues I think is odd. I'm quite surprised. I think it shows that Andy
00:30Burnham is thinking about his days DJing.
00:32But I'm thinking about the high street. I don't want our high streets to die. And we found savings to
00:37make those tax cuts.
00:39I think he's going to raise taxes, in which case the pubs will just have to pay taxes elsewhere. That's
00:44not right.
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