Whats wrong with English Local Democracy?
Can looking back help to move it forward? Speakers will include: Anne Baldwin, Women’s Local Government Society, Lord (Sandy) Bruce-Lockhart, former head of Kent County Council, Nick Raynsford MP, former Local Government Minister, Tony Travers, London School of Economics, David Walker, The Guardian (chair) and Jerry White, historian and Local Government Ombudsman. The panellists will be joined by an invited audience of historians and contemporary experts to discuss the subject in more depth. Historian and Local Government Ombudsman Jerry White, who is available for interview, said: Recent moves by the Government to launch a national debate on the British constitution and devolve more decision-making locally, potentially offer a fresh start for local democracy. But we need to enable local communities to take control of services that meet the needs of the whole community and call time on 60 years of divide and rule that has seen local government bypassed by an ever-growing array of separ
