Give power back to left-behind places | Letter

The evidence suggests that central government must boost the legal and fiscal autonomy of local authorities if urban regeneration efforts are to succeed, writes Robin HambletonThanks to Tony Naylor for his perspicacious analysis of the big challenges facing those trying to regenerate town and city centres in Britain (High streets can be reborn. But developers are in the way, 14 September). He puts his finger on the central issue when he states that: “The remote coalition of global property