Councils discuss measures they are taking to stop London's high streets become dirty and neglected.
As councils stretch budgets to cover the costs of housing and social care, what happens to the other areas they are responsible for?
One professor has even called it the "grotification" of London and said unclean, grimy streets are spreading across the capital. "We're looking at ways to try and stop the decline, but we are also looking to our residents to help us to do that."
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