{
  "id": 15693251,
  "title": "West End boss urges Healey to curb ‘eye-watering’ business rates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/west-end-boss-urges-healey-to-curb-eye-watering-business-rates",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-20T03:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/west-end-boss-urges-healey-to-curb-eye-watering-business-rates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The West End’s top business chief has urged John Healey to avoid adding to high street firms’ “eye-watering” business rates bills. Writing in City AM, New West End Company chief executive Dee Corsi said the Chancellor must listen to retailers and hospitality businesses who say they “cannot absorb” any more tax hikes. The industry body, [...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "New West End Company CEO: Healey’s Budget must give High Streets room to grow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/new-west-end-company-ceo-healeys-budget-must-give-high-streets-room",
        "published": "2026-10-20T04:48:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}