Lush boss attacks Tories for ‘letting councils go bust’

Lush boss Mark Constantine has blamed the government for the state of the high street as its cut on council finances has pushed some local authorities to the state of bankruptcy.
The chief executive said a rethink was needed to prevent further decline after thousands of stores in the UK had closed in recent years.
“The high streets in Britain are deserted,” he told The Times.
“If the government wants us to become a nation of retailers and shopkeepers again, then it has to do so