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Stephen Tall

Giving power to local communities – much too important to be left to Nick Clegg or Parliament

By Stephen Tall | Mon 29th October 2012 - 8:20 pm

Nick Clegg in Liverpool. Photo credit: Alex FolkesLike my LDV colleague, Paul Walter, it was good to hear Nick Clegg’s announcement that he intends to give more economic powers to up to 20 cities and major towns. After all, if there’s one thing that unites Lib Dems it’s the belief in devolving power to the most local level possible.

And yet there is a grumble about the scheme that nags me: why is it that local government is having to bid to central government for “the right to decide how skills and transport funding is spent

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Mark Pack

The Sustainable Communities Bill

By Mark Pack | Wed 13th December 2006 - 12:49 pm

The latest Lib Dem MP to appear on YouTube is Julia Goldsworthy, who has done a piece about the Sustainable Communities Bill:

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  • Daniel Walker
    @Peter Martin It's not really about the EU. It's about Tom making a statement (implying that the process for electing the President of the European Commissi...
  • Peter Martin
    Does anyone else think it's odd that a party which is keen on devolving power to the local level is also keen to join a supra national political entity which wa...
  • Peter Martin
    As often happens on LDV any discussion quickly, in this case from the first comment, gets on to the EU even though the OP isn't about the EU. I still think ...
  • Chris Cory
    I agree entirely with the sentiment behind this article, although it’s a bit depressing that it’s going to take the prospect of war to make government start...
  • Ruth Bright
    Such a heartening Question Time from Jake 👏...