Last look

摘要

As we look at the Conservative pledge to boost 100 struggling (or marginal?) conurbations with the Towns Fund, Building experiences a sense of deja vu, writes Helen Burch. Before the mid-2000s, governments were pretty keen on pouring money into the regions, with "provincial towns [...] being given much-needed makeovers to enable them to compete with their more fashionable neighbours," two decades ago.