Retail Trade: Urban Areas
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the devolved institutions and elected mayors on a coordinated approach to help tackle the problems faced by High Streets.
Answered by Nesil Caliskan
Ministers regularly engage with elected mayors on matters relating to local growth and regeneration and remain committed to collaborating with the Devolved Governments on shared challenges.
Through our devolution agenda, we are empowering local leaders with greater powers and funding flexibilities to support thriving town centres and high streets.
We will continue to work collaboratively with local and regional leaders to address the challenges facing high streets and support their long-term success.
Later this year we will bring forward a new cross-government High Streets Strategy backed by £301m, to tackle the challenges facing retail, leisure, and hospitality businesses and reinvigorate our communities. We will work with businesses and representative bodies to pull this Strategy together.
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