Sean said: "Being without pubs for most of the past year I’m sure that we can all agree that we have missed our community spaces and we will continue to protect our local pubs.
"For almost five years the government has promised reforms to business rates and failed to deliver on these promises. This has cost hundreds of businesses to go under and pushed the price of a pint up, especially for independent pubs who cannot spread the cost over several sites, like larger pubs such as Wetherspoons.
"We are hopeful that the reform due in the autumn statement will support pubs, small businesses and the high street over large corporations such as Amazon who continue to fail with paying their fair share of tax.