Extra £100m of business rates ‘huge benefit' as city sets budget

PUBLIC services will get a boost in the spring as Bristol is keeping much more of local taxes raised on businesses.

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Bristol City Council will get a whopping £280.4 million income from business rates in the next financial year, almost £100m more than they got this year.

Councillors are due to approve how hundreds of millions of pounds will be spent on public services from April until next March. This year there are fewer controversial plans to cut the budget for services, partly due to the Government's decision to reform taxes on businesses.