Now David Miliband, (The Boy Dave (M)) is the one who has been running around insisting that we need more localism. Indeed, we need "double devolution" in order that power resides in the people. That’s what he says, anyway.
This is what he does:
Local authorities will be allowed to "club together"
to form a rubbish collection quango which will be responsible for
whatever aspect of waste disposal council chiefs choose, Defra said.
Under
the present system, householders can complain directly to the council
responsible if they are unhappy with the frequency or quality of
collection. Ultimately, they can choose to complain at the ballot box.
But once the so-called Joint Waste Authorities are
created, local authorities would become less answerable to voters as
waste disposal will become the responsibility of quangos.
The
new powers are included in the Local Government Bill going through
Parliament and David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, is behind
them.
So the only actual service which local councils provide to the working age childless in return for their £1,000 a year is to be removed from council control to an unelected and thus unaccountable bureaucracy.
Well done Davey lad, that’s really doing as you say, isn’t it?
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