Last week saw the charitable trust, Power to Change, publish a new report on ‘Why now is the time for a High Street Buyout Fund’, focusing on the need to help revive our struggling high streets using community-led initiatives.

Today, Rishi Sunak’s promise to families struggling with the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation was “security”. Yet his Spring Statement did not go far enough to provide the security of a warm home, food on the table and a fair wage to millions across the country.