SIR - Many in the Bradford district are concerned and disappointed that M&S have made a decision to leave.
We are not alone: the internet reveals that they are rotating their estate in many areas across the UK.
However, we must be the largest city to be losing an M&S.
Can our political representatives, of all sides, in the Commons and Council come together to bring some pressure to bear on M&S and articulate solid business reasons to stay in our city? Are they doing anything to help at all? You could knock sense into Westfield and M&S, as well as other stakeholders.
You could mention £700m expected from the UK City of Culture 2025, the Bradford Live venue opening this year, the new station and through-railway promised after the cancellation of the HS2 project as just a few of those business reasons.
If M&S leave, others will follow - and that is the real danger.
Editor, can you approach our MPs and Councillors for comment? What are they doing?
John Robinson, South Edge, Shipley
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