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Richard Youle

New Debenhams tenant for Swansea's empty flagship store 'a priority'

Securing a tenant for Swansea's empty Debenhams store is among the priorities for Labour in the first 100 days after the council elections. The party returned to power in May, continuing a 10-year unbroken stretch.

Council leader Rob Stewart wants to get moving on the party's many manifesto commitments, but has warned that councils face pressures after a relatively positive two years - financially-wise - when central Government funnelled money into them to shore up services during the Covid pandemic.

"I think it's going to get more difficult over the next couple of years," he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.

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