Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has today announced plans for a new White Paper focused on giving people a real say on improving local services and promoting active citizenship.
The Empowerment White Paper, to be published in the Summer, will set out how the untapped talent of communities can be unleashed to ensure everyone has a greater say in improvements to public services, local accountability and opportunities for enterprise.
“Local Government has been transformed in recent years. But if we want to deal successfully with today’s new challenges, from climate change to childhood obesity, then we must learn lessons and look at what more we can do to put more communities in control. Today marks the start of a national debate and I want to hear from the Great British public about what more we can do to reinvigorate the grass roots of local democracy, to encourage active citizenship, and to enable people to connect with their local leaders.”
A discussion document, Unlocking the talent of our communities, has been published which seeks views on a number of issues, including; ways to improve deprived areas, encourage active citizenship, improve local public services by involving local users and strengthen local accountability.
The document is available here.
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