Cleaning up the High Streets.

Yesterday, to mark High Street Saturday, the Communities Secretary announced £9.75 million to help local areas clean up their high streets, making them more attractive places to work and visit.

More than £12,000 of this funding will come to Copeland Borough to clean up our high streets - making them an even better place to live, work and shop.

Key facts:

Every local authority in England will receive a share of the fund to back their efforts in cleaning up high streets and town centres.

  • All councils, working with community groups, can use the cash boost to support volunteers, buy tools to clean up their high streets and provide training for residents on how to remove graffiti or tackle fly-tipping.
  • The funding will give local authorities an opportunity to do more, encourage communities to take greater pride in their local area and support campaigns such as Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean Campaign running from 22 March to 23 April.
  • This builds on our strong support for the high street by cutting small retailers’ business rates relief bills by a third, building on over £13 billion of business rates support since 2016, a £675 million Future High Streets Fund to improve infrastructure and access to high streets and relaxing planning rules to support new homes on our high streets.

Why this matters:

High streets are at the centre of our communities, and as places that are well loved, they sometimes need a bit of a spruce up to look their very best. This funding will ensure that we keep high streets in looking their best, making it easier to encourage more people to return to the high street.

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