Restore the British high street

• • Establish a new multi-agency unit to investigate suspicious businesses - particularly cash-heavy, clone-like chains of barbers, vape shops, dessert cafes, and phone repair stalls with unclear ownership and inconsistent trading.

  • Focus on those with no real footfall, high turnover, or known links to organised crime, visa overstays, or laundering.

  • Work with immigration enforcement to review schemes used to open front businesses - often as a cover for illegal immigration or modern slavery.

  • HMRC to conduct routine tax compliance audits on certain business categories with known abuse potential.

  • Immigration enforcement should be empowered to investigate suspicious businesses and foreign beggars - deporting those who are here illegally.