“We believe that what local government does should be decided by its local electors, and that these local electors should be those who pay for the local authority. Councils should be untied from central government purse strings as far as possible, free to raise and spend their own money in their own ways. Finally, local authorities’ role in acting as agents on behalf of Westminster and Whitehall should be severely limited”
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Who could argue with this? Sensible, straightforward outlining of basic principles we should be shouting from the rooftops - and how nice to see an MP with a sense of humour, re the final quote from Sir Humphrey!