Can Labour’s five-point plan rescue Britain’s high streets?

Free bus travel and wifi in town centres seem well-intentioned ideas, but retail experts doubt that they would stop the rotThe high street is facing its darkest hour, with tens of thousands of jobs disappearing as traditional retailers are crushed by the rise of internet shopping and restaurants are hit by tough competition and home delivery services.Successive governments have commissioned reviews, most famously by Mary “Queen of Shops” Portas, to diagnose the problem and come up wi