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28 October 2026

‘Working our fingers to the bone’: Can the UK save its struggling high streets?

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Source reporting: Al Jazeera English

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‘Working our fingers to the bone’: Can the UK save its struggling high streets?

Small business owners in Britain may get some tax relief in Wednesday's budget, but they say it will not be enough.

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