Labour's shadow chancellor says tackling anti social behaviour is a 'big issue' when it comes to improving high streets in towns
Labour's shadow chancellor says tackling anti social behaviour is a "big issue" when it comes to improving high streets in towns such as Mansfield. Giving councils more power over empty shops were also among the ideas discussed by Rachel Reeves during a visit to Mansfield on Tuesday .
"That's alright at the moment because the days are getting longer and the nights are lighter, but in the winter that's a massive problem because by three in the afternoon, you've got empty high streets. We do need to be tackling those issues of anti social behaviour like street drinking and shoplifting - those are real problems for high streets."
Labour has pledged it would recruit 13,000 more neighbourhood police and PCSOs to address problems such as anti social behaviour on the high streets. Among the businesses visited by Rachel Reeves and Lisa Nandy was The Little Lotion Company, a family-run bath bomb and cosmetics business based in the Four Seasons.
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