内容摘要：, it’s hoped the events will help to “build intrigue” in shopping centres again.

, it’s hoped the events will help to “build intrigue” in shopping centres again.

Ben Darnton, owner of Ben's Collectors Records in Tunsgate, said he was worried the rise from April will put people off visiting the Surrey town during the week.Guildford MP Angela Richardson has also raised concerns about the impact of the move on the local economy.

Guildford Borough Council's lead councillor for commercial services, Catherine Houston, said: "Guildford is not the only council putting up parking charges."The minimum parking charge at car parks, including sites in Bedford Road, Millbrook and Tunsgate, will increase from £3.60 to £4 for three hours.Mr Darnton said people may choose to use out-of-town shopping centres where parking is free.

: "It's going to have a terrible impact on my business because it's going to thin out the amount of people coming in."Ms Houston said parking charges in the town had been frozen for two years.

She said the council was having to look at alternative measures of funding, and parking fees helped fund "crucial" council services.

The Lib Dem councillor added: "Paying for parking is a fact of life across the country and across Surrey."reports suggesting a rise as high as 39% were "wide of the mark", although he did not elaborate further.

The chancellor did hint that she might change the government's borrowing rules to free up billions of pounds more in spending for big projects."We do want to free up investment in those long-term responsible investments that we need to make, to unlock the private investment into our economy," she said.

Some of the new investment pledges from firms on Monday include:Separately on Monday, Sir Keir defended the government's plans to overhaul and increase workers' rights as "pro-growth".