Rachel Reeves has been warned by Labour MPs she will have to climb down on a so-called “pub tax” as she prepared to try and placate backbenchers over the Budget move.

Several Labour MPs have voiced concerns to the Government and party whips over changes to business rates, which have led to warnings that 30,000 hospitality firms, including pubs, could go out of business.

The i Paper has learnt the Treasury has invited Labour MPs to a private briefing on Monday evening to highlight the “transitional relief” for hospitality venues spelled out by the Chancellor on Sunday, which she said would soften the blow of soaring tax bills.

One Labour MP said they feared “pubs will become the next farms”, a reference to inheritance tax changes in last year’s Budget that sparked deep anger among rur

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