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The existing active travel hubs have been developed at the local level and are therefore appropriate to where they are. To date, Abellio’s approach with its plans has been to engage with the various stakeholders who understand what the needs are.
It is all very well suggesting that people get benefits and so on through their bank, but if they do not have access to a bank—if there is no bank in their community, perhaps no bank for miles—the idea of a post bank could make some difference.
Another example is the Clydeside regeneration work that the Glasgow city deal partners have taken forward, which has helped to attract Barclays bank to develop its new office space on the south side of the river—the development was pretty advanced the last time I passed it.
After the last economic crisis, we had 10 years of austerity, and the state’s funds went towards banks and institutions to try to help rebuild the economy, with the consequence that the crisis hit the poorest people the hardest over 10 years.