Local people must be given a say in how their local services are provided
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
Duncan Hames, Lib Dem candidate for the Westbury constituency at the last election, has declared his agenda for public service reform in an interview with BBC television’s ‘The Daily Politics’ at the party’s annual conference in Blackpool.
Asked by presenter Sally Magnussen whether he favoured a move to the left or further public service reform, he said:
“The reform I want to see is local people having a real say over their public services. There are plenty of boards and hospital trusts around, but they aren’t accountable to local people, the people who run them aren’t elected, and the public can’t get rid of them if they don’t agree with their decisions. It’s time local people had a proper say in the way their services are run.”
Editor’s Note: This post has been transferred from Duncan’s previous website archive.
