Brian Binley MP for Northampton South has written to Mary Portas with his recommendations for the future of the British high street following her appointment by the Prime Minister last week to lead an independent review into the future of Britain’s high streets.
In 2008, as Chairman of the Conservative Party’s Parliamentary Enterprise Group, Brian organised a commission into small shops in the high street which produced a report entitled: “A strategy for successful community hubs.”
Brian said: “I have seen firsthand the rate of decline in Britain’s high streets and Northampton has especially suffered as a result of high car parking charges, an overabundance of yellow lines and high business rates.”
“Our town and city centres lie at the very heart of our communities and are as vital to their health as the heart is to the body. The trend in decline endemic in so many of town centres up and down the country is not irreversible and I know that the commission’s recommendations will go some way to halting that decline.”
“Amongst the recommendations made is to ensure that people within local communities act together to revitalise Britain’s high streets which will create a renewed sense of well being impacting on the health of a nation as a whole.”
“I am delighted that the Prime Minister has recognised the value of Britain’s high streets and I was pleased to be able to make recommendations to Mary Portas.”
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