‘You’d be ashamed to bring someone here’: The struggling billionaire-owned high street that shows Reform’s road to No 10 - short news
Newton Aycliffe was meant to be a model town for a fairer postwar Britain. But unaffordable rents on a high street amounting to 0.12% of its property tycoon owner’s holdings have made it a symbol of decline – and a warning for Labour
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Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets
Under blue skies and bunting, the whole of County Durham seemed to turn out for the young..
source: The Guardian - 28.01.2026