Residents will be given new powers to block vaping and gambling shops in a town planning shake-up.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will announce a major overhaul of decision-making to give locals more control of the shops on their high streets.
It will mean that neighbourhoods can veto 'unwanted' businesses by limiting the number of any particular type of store within a certain area.
The move has been prompted by concerns over the proliferation of Turkish barbers and American sweet shops in many towns, many of which are suspected of being fronts for money-laundering operations and employing illegal immigrants.
But it comes as fears grow within Labour that run-down town centres are helping drive the surge in support for Reform UK and its message that Britain is broken.
