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Eric Pickles is set to announce radical changes in the localism bill
Not so fast, chum: Pickles risks ‘lipstick localism’

By politics.co.uk staff The government’s commitment to decentralising power in its localism bill set to be unveiled this week runs the risk of being “cosmetic”, a thinktank warns. The left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argued that although the localism agenda was promising, it will be largely meaningless unless the coalition delivers “real powers… Read more »

Comment & Analysis
John Stevenson is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Carlisle
Comment: Elected mayors can reinvigorate our democracy

Britain has become over-centralised, with local government largely faceless. Elected mayors can bring our democracy back in step with the rest of the world. By John Stevenson MP The topic of elected mayors is a significant one, and yet despite its enormous potential to profoundly affect our democracy, it often tends to fly below the… Read more »