Struggling high streets fund increased to £1bn

Announcement of extra £325m follows criticism pot is not enough to meet scale of crisisThe government has increased the fund available to struggling high streets to £1bn, a move that will pump cash into 100 English towns including Blackpool, Scarborough and Clacton.Last year the then chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced the £675mfund as part of a wider package of measures designed to tackle the high street crisis in which one in 10 shops in UK town centreslie empty. On Monday