Westminster’s high street reforms ‘could leave Scotland behind’
A report published today by the housing, communities and local government committee at Westminster said that dated policies and an unfair tax regime must be reformed to allow high streets and town centres to flourish in the future and warned that the high street’s main function “primarily as a retail hub” was “at an end”.
Reforms being considered include proposals for an online sales tax to “level the playing field” between internet and traditional retailers and central government funding for local authorities to create detailed plans setting out the future direction of their towns and high streets.