Localism Bill on Monday
Eric Pickles Tweets to say "Localism Bill will be introduced on Monday. Lots of power to councils."
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Comment number 1.
At 20th Dec 2010, Dave the rave wrote:Of course they want to devolve power to the councils. Then the govt don't have to take the rap when services go t*ts up, when money goes down the drain, and when the leaches in the county council drain all the money off for themselves.
What better than having the Laverty's at county hall taking all the blame?
Given that Cornwall county councilors couldn't run their own noses, giving them more power will eventually lead to their imploding, then central govt will step in to rescue the situation and take back more power into central control.
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