Money Talks, Logic Walks

25 March 2004 - 12:00pm

Abandoning the town center, Britain gives in to the Big Box.

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"Gordon Brown has sanctioned an assault on the countryside and the vitality of market town high streets by insisting that the ban on out-of-town shopping centres should be relaxed. The Chancellor has made his decision under pressure from major retailers such as Tesco, B&Q, Asda and Ikea, sweeping aside strong opposition from John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister."

Source: The Daily Telegraph, March 22, 2004