Duty to Involve the Public to be Scrapped
On 13 April 2011, the government announced its plans to repeal two statutory duties on local authorities: the duty to involve (the public) and the duty to prepare a sustainable community strategy. (Search on 'Best Value Consultation' on Google for details).If these repeals go through, it would remove the legal right to citizens and service users to have a say about their local areas and services.Perhaps the Tories out there can explain to us all how the removal of these rights and duties relate to:1. The 'Big Society'2. The Localism Bill3. A presumption to maintaining and creating unsustainable communities4. The workings of a civilised society.
Eric Alan Leach ● 5467d3 Comments