Summary
For some time now it has bothered me about the state of local democracy.
Up and down the country I hear of councils who take major decisions based on a consultation exercise that involved a few hundred people. Often the consultations are faceless and silent and often, when people start to see the building go up or a local service change, they claim they did not hear about the consultation and if they had they would have objected.See the full content of this document
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How to Improve Local Democracy
At other times, the local population does get to hear of the consultation and rises up in large numbers to object to it and yet the ...
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