Steph McGovern

You know, people like Andy Burnham talking about what he would do if he came into power, cutting business rates for pubs.

And those in the hospitality sector saying that they want a cut on VAT for pubs and restaurants to 10%.

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Now on with today's episode.

And me, Steph McGovern.

And back with us is Dan Needle from Tax Policy Associates.

Now, Dan, obviously a friend of the show.

We love getting him on because he knows absolutely everything there is to know when it comes to tax.

And it is really in the news at the minute.

We've got chefs calling for cutting VAT for pubs and restaurants to 10%.

And we've got Andy Burnham out talking about tax, haven't we, Robert, too?

Dan, good to have you back.

We want to jump straight into talking about the kind of the noise around VAT at the moment and the pressure that's putting on businesses, along with, you know, obviously there's the national insurance contributions going up for employers.

There's the

In fact, minimum wage has gone up.