英国首相宣布了一项价值2.1亿英镑的计划，旨在振兴英国各地的社区和商业街。
The prime minister has announced a £210m package to regenerate the UK's communities and high streets.
安迪·伯纳姆表示，闲置空间将被重新利用，转变为“社区中心、医疗中心、共享办公空间、咖啡馆以及人们真正希望看到的本地服务设施”。该计划是住房、社区和地方事务部为支持商业街振兴而预留资金的一部分。
Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see." The scheme is part of funding earmarked by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for high street support and regeneration.
此举正值伯纳姆以首相身份首次出席工党全国代表大会，他预计将在会上强调，其英国政策的核心将是“让生活更加可负担”。
It comes ahead of Burnham's first Labour Party conference as prime minister, where he is set to emphasise his plans for the UK will have "making life more affordable" at its core.
作为伯纳姆商业街计划的一部分，将设立1.25亿英镑的废弃建筑基金，用于改造那些被闲置和破败不堪的建筑。
As part of Burnham's high streets scheme, a £125 million derelict buildings fund will be available to transform mothballed and dilapidated buildings.
政府表示，还将设立8500万英镑的资金池，使社区能够接管被忽视的空间，包括酒吧、俱乐部和商店。
And an £85m pot will enable communities to take over neglected spaces including pubs, clubs and shops, the government said.
此外，还将拨款6500万英镑用于挽救面临关闭风险的企业和建筑，并额外拨款2000万英镑，帮助社区建立合作社企业并出租空置店面。
There will also be £65m allocated to rescuing businesses and buildings at risk of closure, and a further £20m allocated to help communities set up co-operative businesses and let out empty units.
首相表示：“人们不会通过查看电子表格来衡量增长。他们是通过观察当地商业街来衡量的。商店是在开业，还是卷帘门紧闭？这个地方是在向前发展，还是正在被抛在身后？”
The prime minister said: "People don't measure growth by looking at a spreadsheet. They measure it by looking at their local high street. Are shops opening or are the shutters down? Does the place feel like it's moving forward or being left behind?
“今天的资金将有助于将权力交还给最了解当地情况的居民手中。”社区事务大臣安吉拉·雷纳表示，该计划表明政府致力于让社区看到“那些被木板封死、任其破败的建筑，重新变回人们引以为傲的去处”。
"Today's funding will help put power back into the hands of locals who know their area best." Communities Secretary Angela Rayner said the scheme showed the government would mean communities see "boarded-up buildings that have been left to rack and ruin turned into places people are proud to visit again".
与此同时，第一国务大臣路易丝·海伊表示，这项投资将为当地居民提供推动变革所需的资源，并补充道：“这就是权力下放的实际意义。”
Meanwhile First Secretary of State Louise Haigh said the investment would give local people the resources they need to make change, adding: "This is what devolution means in practice".
此前，伯纳姆在夏季宣布，从四月起，酒吧、俱乐部和社交场所的商业税率将下调20%。
The move follows Burnham's announcement in the summer that pubs, clubs and social venues would see 20% cuts to business rates from April.
但英国前首相基尔·斯塔默爵士的商务大臣彼得·凯尔表示，随着首相本周末抵达利物浦出席工党全国代表大会，伯纳姆必须采取“更紧迫”的措施来推动经济增长。
But Peter Kyle, business secretary to former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, suggested Burnham needs to act with "more urgency" to boost growth as the PM arrives in Liverpool for Labour's party conference this weekend.
据保守党称，该党自己的“繁荣商业街”计划将免除数千家企业的商业税，并“捍卫社区的关键支柱，如邮局、酒吧和药店”。
The Conservatives' own plan for "stronger high streets" would abolish business rates for thousands of businesses, and would "defend key pillars of the community such as post offices, pubs and pharmacies", according to the party.