Recommendation 22

It is clear that the High Streets Task Force is highly prized and should be commended for its excellent work in its first two years of existence, in particularly difficult circumstances. While the focus of the High Streets Task Force necessarily had to Supporting our high streets after COVID-19 71 change with the covid-19 outbreak, we are concerned that budgetary constraints limit the Task Force in achieving its full potential and delivering the recommendations our predecessor Committee had for it. We are particularly concerned that the High Streets Task Force is being held up as the solution to a gap in skills and capacity for place leadership at a national level, when it is warning that it lacks the resource to do so. The Government should review the size and remit of the High Streets Task Force as soon as possible, with a view to increasing its budget. (Paragraph 103) Changes to use classes and permitted development rights