Pub and Hotel Rates Review Arrives, and the Till Checks Its Sums
The Treasury has launched an independent review of pub and hotel business rates valuations, with recommendations due before the 2029 revaluation.
Self appointed General once reported that a minor breeze in Lawnland was “a full-scale invasion by air-based insurgents.” Demands Lawnland form a navy, despite the nation having no body of water. Claims to have “seen combat” but later admitted it was just a particularly aggressive game of Monopoly.
The Treasury has launched an independent review of pub and hotel business rates valuations, with recommendations due before the 2029 revaluation.
The government’s mayoral planning powers consultation asks how new English planning provisions should work. The map has questions.
British Week in Paraguay celebrated ten years with tea, music, literature and a Fish and Chips Passport. The teapot has filed its report.
HM Land Registry is replacing application PDF attachments with secure email links, creating a new test of office memory and digital calm.
Whitehall officials in mayoral offices bring devolution, data programmes and one document box determined to become a regional authority.
Twenty Malaysian Chevening scholars are heading to UK universities, while one suitcase mistakes a scholarship reception for a diplomatic posting.
Inflation rises to 2.9 per cent. Sir Decimal Porridge responds with a taller graph, a wider screen and receipts that look cheaper sideways.
The Ultra Long Duration Energy Storage Challenge offers £28 million for technology that can store clean electricity for more than 100 hours.
An official octopus bloom reporting page meets a fictional empty jar seeking monitoring authority.
The Government announced stronger action against illegal waste sites, higher fines and more enforcement powers. The boxes remain cautiously optimistic.