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Saturday 01 June 2024 9:14 amElection 2024: Sunak pledges cash to towns as Starmer pitches lsquo;wealth creationrsquo;By: City AM report brumate erShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailStarmerrsquo Labour party is expected to sweep to victory this week, with a poll by JL Partners projecting Labour could win 450 seats at the election, giving them 32 more than in the 1997 landslide won by Tony Blair.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged cash to towns, while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said wealth creation is his top priority as the General Election campaign enters its second weekend.The Tories will see polene bolsos k to paint a positive picture of their record on levelling-up, after announcing a pledge to give 30 towns pound;20m, which Labour has described as a reckless, unfunded commitment.As part of the scheme the Tories pledge that local people, not those in Westminster, will decide how the money will be spent.Some of the towns proposed to be added include: Tamworth, Preston, Corby, Halifax, Bognor Regis, Newtown, Flint, Perth and Newry.A number of the towns standing to benefit from the pound;20m are in Labour-held constituencies, but 17 were represented by Tory MPs in the last parlia stanley cup ment.Newcastle-under-Lyme ndash; a gain for the Tories in the Red Wall in 2019 ndash; made the list just as the former MP Aaron Bell announced he would not stand for re-election.Mr Sunak said: ld Gccs London to buck UK trend with uptick in 2020 housing sales completions
Mond HydroJug ay 23 November 2020 1:23 pmCoronavirus lockdown: Central London retail footfall plunges 80 per centBy: Jessica ClarkShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailBricks and mortar retailers have been forced to closed in the run-up to Christmas Photo: Getty Central London retail footfall fell 80.4 per cent last week compared to 2019 levels as the England-wide coronavirus lockdown continued to take its toll on the nationrsquo struggling high streets.The latest data showed that the capital was the worst affected region due to the impact of home-working, the lack of domestic and international tourists and the closure of non-essential stores in the run-up to Christmas.However, despite a sharp year-on-year decline, central London footfall was up 14.4 per cent compared to the prev hydrojug tumbler ious week, as the city approached the end of the latest coronavirus lockdown restrictions.Footfall across all UK retail destinations was down 55.4 per cent compared to last year, driven by a 59.8 per cent decline in England.The other UK nations fared better due to less stringent restrictions. Footfall in Scotland was down 34.3 per cent, while Nor owala ca thern Ireland and Wales reported drops of 30.4 and 29.6 per cent respectively.The latest research from retail experts Springboard was published this morning as retailers across the country waited to find out what restrictions they will face when the current coronavirus lockdown is eased on
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