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

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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The Sustainable Communities Bill

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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    Another example of an increasingly multi polar world. Obviously Iran will be uppermost in people's minds but India Israel Cyprus and Greece have all had recent ...
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    Do you think these developments may cause India to move closer to Russia and China? If it does, an alliance of the country with the largest nuclear stockpile, ...
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