But the people who provide those services in the Bay Area need to charge high prices themselves in order to afford the high rents in the Bay Area.

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The Treasury has slashed their number to around 200 in order to focus on what it calls the high-level policy outcomes for public services.

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However, she said the expansion of services allowing people to order online and collect from local stores was luring shoppers back to the High Street.

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