Business Premises: Urban Areas

(asked on 21st June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support commercial tenants for the purposes of transforming town centres.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 27th June 2022

Regenerating our town centres is essential to levelling up the country. That is why Government is -

  • Providing support to 152 local areas via the High Streets Task Force.
  • Investing over £800 million through the Future High Streets Fund.
  • Introducing measures to tackle empty properties through high-street rental auctions.
  • Reviewing Commercial Leasehold legislation and the landlord and tenant relationship.
  • At the 2021 Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced a new relief worth almost £1.7 billion for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses in England to support local high streets as they adapt and recover.
  • And has recently consulted about an Online Sales Tax.
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