MPs demand new legal entity for small firms

The government should work on creating a new regime which reduces the tax and regulatory burdens on modern small businesses, a group of MPs has said.

In an early day motion (EDM), Labour MP David Drew and Tories Bob Spink and Peter Bottomley called on ministers to look at how small firms can be provided with a "suitable legal entity designed for use in the 21st century".

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