{
  "id": 1234912,
  "title": "Top authors tell Andy Burnham to give small bookshops same tax relief as pubs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/top-authors-tell-andy-burnham-to-give-small-bookshops-same-tax-relief",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-16T07:33:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-16055529/authors-Andy-Burnham-bookshops-tax-relief-pubs.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fantasy author Sir Philip Pullman and children's laureate Patrice Lawrence are among those backing calls for the industry to be included in the business rates relief scheme introduced for pubs.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}