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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs the General Power of Competence helping grassroots communities?The Localism Act gives councils a ‘General Power of Competence’ (GPoC) allowing them the same legal powers as...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevoMix Christmas special: LocalismWatch’s seasonal update on devolution
We now know what the Smith Commission’s proposing for Scotland, and William Hague’s options on English votes for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho really runs our neighbourhoods?
Looking at the progress of the government’s not-knowingly-undersold neighbourhood plans: are they really helping...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevoMix: localism and the devolution debateConsidering a wide range of media reports and commentaries on the UK’s ongoing devolution debate - do the solutions...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUpcoming Localism Events: late November onwards, 2014
The latest on upcoming Localism events.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalismWatch Resources - 13 November 2014
More news, comment, advice and information on localism from around the country.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNew inquiry - are "community rights" actually working?
The right to very little at all: House of Commons select committee launches an inquiry into the new ‘community rights’.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUpcoming Localism Events – November 2014
Localism events to look out for in November.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalismWatch Resources - 20 October 2014
A trawl of the latest online news, comment, advice and information.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalism Watch Resources – October 2014
Localism Watch resources, October 2014 - including the aftermath of the indyref...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalism Watch resources, Sept 2014
Resources for Localism Watch, September, 2014
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalism: as if people mattered
The editor of our LocalismWatch series introduces the series by exploring the Coalitions’ localism agenda, exposes...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow local is localism? The grassroots view
Community leaders tell me why the government’s localism agenda isn’t really helping local people take charge of...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
