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<p>The Budget 2018 announced Our Plan for the High Street, a support package worth
£1.5 billion that aims to help high streets and town centres in England to evolve
and adapt to changing consumer demands.</p><p> </p><p>This support includes a two-year
business rates cut of one third to the bills of small retailers, a £675m Future High
Streets Fund to support high streets to evolve, and planning reforms.</p><p> </p><p>The
measures apply to England. The UK Government is providing Barnett consequential funding
to the Devolved Administrations so that they may offer similar support if they wish.</p>At
the Budget, the government announced a Digital Services Tax. This is not a tax on
online sales but a tax on the revenues of certain digital business activities which
derive value from UK users.
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