"Local authorities already exist with their own democratic mandate"
Professor George Jones panning the government’s new localism agenda:
“This move to pass governmental decision-making to a level below local government is ill-thought-out. We do not know what is meant by community associations, how representative they will be, their boundaries, nor their audit, probity and accountability arrangements. Rather than setting up such amorphous entities, the Government should empower local authorities, to promote and support public involvement viagra uk purchase in their localities. After all local authorities already exist with their own ready-made governance structures, their own democratic mandate, and with 20,000 community activists called councillors in place.”