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A fifth of £4bn relief fund for business rates rises will be taken by Heathrow
February 02, 2026
|The Guardian
Struggling hotels, restaurants and nightclubs are calling for more financial help with business rates after it emerged that Heathrow is among the biggest beneficiaries of a multibillion-pound package of state support.
Britain’s biggest airport is in line fora discount of nearly £900m onits rates bill over the next three years. Thatisa fifth ofthe total £4.3bn “transitional relief” fund announced by the chancellor in the budget.
Heathrow’s rates bill will still rise by £50m to £171m this year, according to figures compiled by the property firm Avison Youngand firstreported bythe Sunday Times. The airport has one of the highest rateable values in the country.
Had the government not stepped in, Heathrow’s business rates bill would have leapt to £512m in the upcoming fiscal year, £514m the year after and £523m the year after that, taking the total over the next three years to £1.5bn. Reliefs over this period will take the aggregate to £650m, thanks to transitional relief of £898m.
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