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Fightback campaign and
would run on the lines of
rarely used “empty
dwelling management
orders” that let town
halls use empty homes for tenants.
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Andrew Gwynne added:
“Under this Government,
high streets have suffered a retail
apocalypse.” Labour’s plan is a major
boost for the Mirror’s High Street
today, said: “Boarded-up shops are a
symbol of the malign neglect so many
communities have suffered. High
streets are becoming ghost streets.”
Shadow Communities Secretary
the radical plan will help revive high
streets trashed by soaring business
rates, high rents and online rivals.
Mr Corbyn, who will unveil the
policy in Bolton, Gtr Manchester
LABOUR: WE’LL RE-OPEN
SHOPS TO SAVE HIGH ST
HIGH STREET
BOARDED-UP shops will be
brought back to life under Labour.
The party says 29,000 stores have
been left empty for at least 12 months.
And latest figures show one in 10
stands vacant, creating “ghost streets”.
Labour would let councils hand
over premises closed for more than a
year to start-ups, co-op businesses
and community projects. There
would be no compulsory purchase.
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn believes
Councils to get power to take over empty sites
BY BEN GLAZE Deputy Political Editor
BLIGHT
Empty
shops
scar UK
By ANDY LINES
Chief Reporter in Hong Kong
Pictures: PHIL COBURN
territory is out of control but admitted
officers were “emotionally and physically
tired after months of confrontation”.
They said the city’s 30,000 uniformed
officers had the situation under control.
“We’re not at full mobilisation,” one
added, claiming only a fraction of the
officers were deployed. “We have the
depth of resources to keep going.”
Allegations of police brutality have
fuelled increasingly violent protests,
prompting law enforcers to fire tear gas
almost daily. And pictures of Chinese
troops massing on the border at
Shenzhen have raised fears of a
Tiananmen Square-type crackdown.
■ A French climber known as
Spiderman scaled a Hong Kong
skyscraper to put up a banner showing a
handshake. Alain Robert, 57, who
climbed without ropes or a harness, said
his stunt was an “appeal for peace”.
Million ready to
defy march ban
in Hong Kong
ARMY ON
STANDBY
Chinese troops
in Shenzhen
training for
crowd control
SIT-IN Opposition to an extradition
bill kicked off the demonstrations
POLICE in Hong Kong are preparing for a
weekend of trouble with one million
protesters set to take to the streets.
The authorities have banned marches
taking place today and on Sunday but
they are set to go-ahead anyway amid
fears more violence will break out in the
former British territory.
Police warned: “If the protesters don’t
use violence, we won’t use force.”
They also revealed that 748 people
had been arrested since protests began
over a proposed law allowing residents
to be extradited to mainland China.
In previous weeks, efforts to ban
demonstrations have failed.
Police commanders disputed claims by
Hong Kong chief Carrie Lam that the
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