Market forces hit street traders

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Updated on 23 July 2009

By Channel 4 News

Competition from the internet and from high street retailers has hit Britain’s traditional street markets, according to a report by MPs. Ben King reports.

In these credit-crunched times, Britain's traditional street markets ought to be thriving.

But most markets are actually in decline, according to a committee of MPs.

Competition from cheap conventional retailers and the internet is one cause.

But MPs have warned that local and central government weren't doing enough to help.

For Channel 4 News, Ben King went down to one street market to find out what was going wrong.