We need a fresh vision to save our high streets | Letters
Readers respond to an editorial and letters on the decline of town centres and the need to redesign public spacesRegarding your editorial (The Guardian view on high-street decline: a symbol of failure in a discontented nation, 3 February), saving high streets requires four things that the Treasury, the dead hand of government innovation, won’t like.First, it requires an overhaul of the business rates system, and second, a new tax for online business. Third, it requires compelling landlords to charge reasonable rents. Continue reading...
Readers respond to an editorial and letters on the decline of town centres and the need to redesign public spaces
Regarding your editorial (The Guardian view on high-street decline: a symbol of failure in a discontented nation, 3 February), saving high streets requires four things that the Treasury, the dead hand of government innovation, won’t like.
First, it requires an overhaul of the business rates system, and second, a new tax for online business. Third, it requires compelling landlords to charge reasonable rents. Continue reading...
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