Cameron on the new localism…
…we’re going to give local councils much more power and responsibility. We’ve got to recognise that the central state can’t have the imagination and flexibility to tailor all of its services to local needs. I am convinced that if we have more local discretion – more decisions made and money spent at the local level – we’ll get better outcomes.
Pickles on putting empowerment into practice…. Eric Pickles bans councils from producing freesheets, which threaten local newspapers.
It’s the Michael Caine/Italian Job approach: Localism. And that means you do exactly what I say.
(See also ‘coalition government’)