Recognition for role of local councillors

The Minister for the North West Beverley Hughes has highlighted the importance of having skilled and committed local councillors and highlighted the vital role they play in improving the lives of people in their communities.

The Minister said that ‘The Communities in control: real people, real power White Paper’, launched in July highlighted the passing of power to communities and giving real control and influence at grass roots level.

At a ceremony, held at the Lowry in Salford, the Minister presented the award to four new authorities – Blackburn-with-Darwen, Lancaster, Oldham and Wyre.

Seven other authorities had their Charter status renewed – Allerdale, Carlisle, Crewe and Nantwich, Preston, Tameside, Vale Royal and Warrington.

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Communities in Control…Frequently Asked Questions

The Urban Forum (see Blogroll link in right hand column) have produced a very useful Frequently Asked Questions guide to the Government’s Communities in Control Document. This is available from their website or by clicking the link above which opens a PDF document.

This is particularly good because it gives suggestions on how you might get involved in this emerging Government agenda.

Communities in Control – Explained

Communities in Control: Real people, real power is a major new policy explanation document from the Department of Communities and Local Government. One of its tenets is enabling greater access to information – so Blackpool SURF has established a web page to act as a summary and a portal to further details about this significant document.  Access it through the SURF website by clicking here.