The Localism Bill has been one of the most trailed and well publicised bills of recent years, but it is hard to find anyone who can truly tell you what "localism" actually means, and maybe that's the point. Perhaps the Government's big idea is that it doesn't have one and it is up to us to fill in the blanks? The Government's big idea is that the Bill will enable local communities and councils to quite literally do their own thing. Therein localism truly means different things to different people and will in reality be interpreted and implemented differently all over the country. Weighing in at a mere 400-plus pages the scope of the Bill is breathtaking, as is the minor revolution it proposes.
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