{
  "id": 1835744,
  "title": "Philip Pullman and Maggie O’Farrell among authors urging Burnham to cut business rates on bookshops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/philip-pullman-and-maggie-ofarrell-among-authors-urging-burnham-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:25:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/18/philip-pullman-and-maggie-ofarrell-among-authors-urging-burnham-to-cut-business-rates-on-bookshops"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "After pubs and clubs get rates relief, authors back open letter calling for similar support for bookshops, described as the ‘beating hearts’ of high streets Maggie O’Farrell, Philip Pullman, Katherine Rundell and Elif Shafak are among the authors supporting a campaign by independent booksellers who have urged Andy Burnham to extend business rates relief for pubs, clubs and live music venues to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "This Is Money",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-16T07:33:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}