Already, 2007 is proving a notable parliamentary year for English and Welsh local government. A seriously devolutionary bill, promising ‘local people and local communities more power to improve their lives … through a rebalancing of the relationship between central government, local government and local people’, has received overwhelming and cross-party second reading support.
I refer of course — the ‘Welsh’ and ‘cross-party’ bits ar…
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