We need a fresh vision to save our high streets | Letters

2026-02-10 - 17:05

Readers respond to an editorial and letters on the decline of town centres and the need to redesign public spaces Regarding your editorial (The Guardian view on high-street decline: a symbol of failure in a discontented nation, 3 February), saving high streets requires four things that the Treasury, the dead hand of government innovation, won’t like. First, it requires an overhaul of the business rates system, and second, a new tax for online business. Third, it requires compelling landlords to charge reasonable rents. Continue reading...