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Retail Trade: Urban Areas

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 900089

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Our Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses places high streets at the centre of economic renewal, recognising them as vital centres of growth and employment.

We are reforming licensing laws and making high streets safer from retail crime and money laundering and making it easier to access business support through our Business Growth Service.

The government is working with local partners and businesses to develop a new MHCLG-led High Streets Strategy that will set out how we will support communities to create vibrant high streets.

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