The Prime Minister wants to reinvigorate Britain's high streets.

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His opening gambit is to crack down on what he describes as "dodgy businesses".

That means vape shops. It means those curious American sweet shops. It may even mean high streets with a proliferation of foreign-run barber shops.

The Government says it wants to give local people and councils more control over what opens on their high streets.

That sounds sensible enough.

But it raises an obvious question: who decides whether a business is "good" for a community?

One neighbourhood might welcome a wine bar. Another might prefer an off-licence. You may think your local Chinese takeaway is exactly the sort of independent business that gives a high street its character. Someone else, perhaps even your local council, may........

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