Speaking at the CBI conference today, Boris Johnson reiterated plans to review business rates, particularly for small and medium businesses, after making the promise during a radio phone-in with a nursery owner last week.
However, hours after Mr Johnson's speech, the leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson, also speaking at the CBI conference, promised to scrap business rates altogether. She said the party would replace business rates with a commercial landowner levy, based on the value of land only.
Radio phone-in
On Friday, Mr Johnson was questioned by a nursery owner during a BBC Radio 5 Live special programme with presenter Rachel Burden.
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