SIR Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to rip up the business rates system to help small firms.
On a campaign visit the Labour chief will re-commit to ripping up the business rates system amd replacing it with a “level playing field” between the high street and online giants.
Alongside Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, he will guarantee small businesses access to banking services on their high street and stamp out late payment of invoices by forcing large companies to better report on their payment practices.
And he will promise to rid high streets of antisocial yobs driving down trade.
Sir Keir will also vow to make Britain the best place to start up by unlocking the supply of finance for businesses looking to grow.
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The opposition boss said: “From the women entrepreneurs I met in Swindon to the distillers in Scotland, small businesses are the beating heart of driving growth and creating jobs for local people.
“But Conservative chaos over the past 14 years has inflicted a deep and lasting cost on small business owners through economic instability and sky-rocketing energy bills.
“It’s no wonder that businesses across the country are crying out for change.”
Shadow Business Secretary Johnny Reynolds added: “There’s a clear choice at this election for small business owners: more chaos with the Tories, or stability with Labour.
“More decline and division, or hope and unity with a changed Labour Party.”
