Labour set to scrap ATM charges in bid to ‘save the high street’
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Labour will commit to ending charges on cash machine withdrawals as part of a wider bid to save Britain’s high streets from an “agonising death”.
Rebecca Long-Bailey is expected to unveil the measure in her speech at Labour’s conference today in an attempt to “radically change course” so the UK’s towns “can thrive again”.
According to Sky News, the Shadow Business Secretary will also detail plans to halt Post Office closures and prevent further franchising if Labour gets into power.
The party will also pledge to draw up a register of landlords of vacant shops in every local authority, in an effort to “make it easier to bring empty units into use”.
And they will look to bring in free public wi-fi in town centres, in a further attempt to revive shopping thoroughfares which have been affected by changing retail habits.
Labour will also reiterate its commitment to giving Under-25s free bus travel in areas where services are either franchised or publicly owned.
MP Ged Killen welcomed the announcement on scrapping ATM fees, telling the broadcaster: “No one should ever have to pay to access their own money.”
“If any government is serious about economic development in our towns and high streets they need to protect the financial infrastructure people and business rely on.”
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