Bank on help

BANNING cash machine charges to get your own money out is a small measure likely to receive a big welcome.

Labour is tackling the issues of ATM fees as part of a five-point plan to help revive Britain’s flagging high streets and town centres.

It is a sign of the ways in which Labour is wrestling with how to reverse the heart being ripped out of our communities.

No single answer exists to attract the spending public back into declining shopping centres but put enough pieces of a commercial jigsaw together and the future looks brighter.

One simple consequence of guaranteeing free cash withdrawals to shoppers is that they will have more money to spend.