"Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer is to announce extra funding for more than 330 "overlooked" communities across the UK to boost struggling High Streets. Details of the investment, including the amount of money and where it will be spent, will be set out later on Thursday. Under its Pride in Place programme, the government also wants to encourage councils to block "fake" barbers and betting and vape shops - as well as giving communities more help to save pubs and libraries from closure."
"Unlike the levelling up funding scheme introduced under Boris Johnson's Conservative government, councils would not put in bids to get the money, with the locations being decided by the government. In addition to the money, councils in England and Wales will be encouraged to use powers to buy up "assets and eyesores" such as boarded-up shops and derelict abandoned businesses, allowing them to be used for projects such as local start-ups."
The government will provide targeted funding to more than 330 communities to boost struggling High Streets through the Pride in Place programme. Projects could tackle littering and graffiti, build sports grounds, block fake barbers, betting and vape shops, and help save pubs and libraries. Spending will require involvement from community groups, local organisations and social clubs. Councils will not bid for the money; locations will be selected by the government. Councils in England and Wales are encouraged to buy boarded-up shops and derelict businesses to repurpose them for start-ups, health centres or housing. Communities already have a right to buy.
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