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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Government urged to back £350m fund to revive UK high streets

A discarded broom, closed shops and pigeons in the closed arcade in Dewsbury town centre.
The funds could help transform spaces such as the neglected Dewsbury Arcade in West Yorkshire. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer

Campaigners are calling on the government to back a £350m high street buyout fund that would bring communities, business and councils together to revive 200 neglected properties across the country.

The Platform Places initiative, backed by the government’s own high street taskforce, is calling on ministers to provide £100m in grants.

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