12 Devolved and local government

•Introduction and background
•Devolution
•Local government services
•Local government structure and powers
•Policing
•Elections
•Who can become a councillor?
•What councillors do
•Payments to councillors
•Councillors and officers
•How councils operate
•New political structures in councils in England and Wales
•Scrutiny committees
•Standards committees
•A question of tax
•Council spending
•Best value
•Reporting local government
•What is a ‘key decision’?
•Suggested activities
•Sources and resources

Introduction and background

For around 200 years there have been complaints that government in the UK is too centrally controlled – certainly power is far more centralized in the UK than in many other comparable countries. ...

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