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Retail Trade: Urban Areas

Asked by Adam DanceLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 121012

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2026 to Question 119636 on Shops: Rural Areas, what his planned timeline is for the publication of a new High Streets Strategy.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

We will publish the High Streets Strategy later this year.

The Strategy will be backed by £301 million investment in High Street Innovation Partnerships to help reimagine and revive some of the country’s most struggling high streets. We will set out further information in due course

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