Bid to clear boarded-up high streets targets London's one-in-eleven empty shops
A parliamentary bill allowing councils to force owners to rent out shops is part of the government's levelling-up agenda - a 2019 general election promise that left-behind communities will get a chance to catch up with the rest of the country.
"We are putting that right by placing power back in the hands of local leaders and the community so our towns can be rejuvenated, levelling up opportunity and restoring neighbourhood pride." "But the burden of business rates and other occupational costs mean it is still unviable for many small and independent businesses to trade from town-centre premises."
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