Keir Starmer will provide more funding to councils in disadvantaged communities in a bid to revitalise the high street \u2013 and battle Reform UK in the process.<\/p>\n
Local groups will be given powers to seize boarded-up shops, save derelict pubs and block gambling & vape stores on high streets.<\/p>\n
New housing secretary Steve Reed said: \u201cThe government is putting power into their hands so local people decide how best to restore pride in their neighbourhoods, not us in Westminster.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what real patriotism looks like: building up our communities and choosing renewal over division.\u201d<\/p>\n
Labour hopes the plan will hope them regain support from Reform UK, as the sense of isolation in deprived communities is thought to have given the far-right party a boost.<\/p>\n
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Sky News<\/em> reports a Labour source saying: \u201cReform is trying to divide communities, Labour wants to empower them, and we are giving them the tools and resources to turn them around.\u201d<\/p>\n Fresh funding will be allocated to neighbourhood boards made up of community leaders and stakeholders, who will work with councils.<\/p>\n They can then buy assets like grassroots football clubs, seize derelict buildings, and keep pubs open, with the help of Community Right to Buy and Compulsory Purchase Orders.<\/p>\n Councils will also be able to block betting shops, vape stores, and fake barbers, the latter of which are being used as fronts for money laundering.<\/p>\n The programme will be called Pride in Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keir Starmer will provide more funding to councils in disadvantaged communities in a bid to revitalise the high street \u2013 and battle Reform UK in the process. Local groups will be given powers to seize boarded-up shops, save derelict pubs and block gambling & vape stores on high streets. New housing secretary Steve Reed said: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-second-home"],"yoast_head":"\n