MP says hospitality businesses need help

STRUGGLING hospitality businesses need more support amid rising tax and energy costs, a backbench Labour MP has warned the Prime Minister.

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Cat Eccles was met with cheers from the opposition benches as she demanded the Government do more to back the “vital role” of hospitality and leisure businesses, calling for a similar relief package to the one it offered pubs.

In January, the Chancellor announced that pubs and live music venues would benefit from 15% off their business rates bills from April, amid warnings from the sector that changes from November's autumn budget would lead to mass closures and job losses.