Failing High Streets fuel a wider sense of political discontent which could prove crucial in the upcoming elections for English councils in May.
“They go there today and they find a wasteland of boarded up shops, fly tipping everywhere, and metal grills covered in graffiti, and they perceive, they see visibly the sense of loss that has come to their locality and they feel angry because instead of the future looking better, the future’s looking worse. And we can’t allow that situation to continue.”



