Labour: Giving councils major new freedoms

Blog Bot · 11-10-2007, 01:50 PM

From the official website:

Labour’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has unveiled a re-engineering of the relationship between the state and local councils. Hazel Blears announced that the n...

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Little Englander (sour) · 11-10-2007, 06:33 PM

It's called either bribery or blackmail depending on which end of the stick you get hit with.

The promise of lots of dosh in return for "regionalisation" and the rubber stamping of central government development plans.

I predict that most councils will fall for it - Goodbye England.

ranter · 11-10-2007, 09:03 PM

Good God ! This is a dissaster in waiting, and that horrible lying Blears woman involved as well. Does it get any worse?

prober · 17-10-2007, 10:47 PM

Worth studying. UKIP has no idea how local government works and as aparty has shown no interest in potential avenues in its scope & procedures to make a political impact.

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11-10-2007, 06:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Little Englander (sour) Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 649	It's called either bribery or blackmail depending on which end of the stick you get hit with. The promise of lots of dosh in return for "regionalisation" and the rubber stamping of central government development plans. I predict that most councils will fall for it - Goodbye England.

11-10-2007, 09:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
ranter Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: in a parralell universe Posts: 806	Good God ! This is a dissaster in waiting, and that horrible lying Blears woman involved as well. Does it get any worse?

17-10-2007, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
prober Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 801	Worth studying. UKIP has no idea how local government works and as aparty has shown no interest in potential avenues in its scope & procedures to make a political impact.