Mr Pickles’ parking plans are populist nonsense

Stephen Joseph, Chief executive officer Campaign for Better Transport, London N1
04 October 2013
 

Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, has doubtless many excellent qualities but on the issue of town centres, parking and car access he is simply wrong. If he really wants to help resuscitate our town centres, he must learn from high streets that are already thriving.

Over the last decade, Britain’s high streets have suffered serious decline. Footfall and spending collapsed during the recession and in many places have struggled to recover. According to the British Retail Consortium, the...

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