Here's a quote from the leader of Rochdale Council in December
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“Like a lot of industrial northern towns, our town centre has been hit hard over the past 20 years. We’ve got to do something. It’s not good enough for policy-makers and councils to sit there and watch the gradual decline of the town centre.
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Here's the full article in case any councillor thinks I've omitted to quote the part where he said traders are to blame for talking the down town
Rochdale Council slashes business rates to boost town centre - Telegraph
Not quite sure how they have managed to reduce the business rates unless the council are subsidising it