Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, tells Ian King Live the measures introduced by the Chancellor in the Budget to help businesses cope with an increase to business rates are a plaster on a system that is fundamentally broken and not fit for purpose in the 21st century. Chris Bryce, the chief executive of the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, says those hit by rising national insurance contributions are not receiving all the benefits that employed people do.
