Sentences with phrase «devolve power to people»

«The question is the extent to which councils will have the capacity going forward to provide the services their citizens need - and the extent to which the government will leapfrog councils and devolve power to people in communities,» he says.

And, apart from the Liberal Democrats, who has ever made the case passionately for electoral reform that could meaningfully devolve power to people beyond London?

Not exact matches

But perhaps devolving most existing federal power to the state level will end up being the most mutually acceptable path forward for both conservatives and liberals who don't want to be dictated to by people who don't share their values.

If you want to retain the best talent you have to be able to devolve power, coach people for performance, resolve conflicts, find ways to create growth opportunities, balance carrot / stick motivational techniques, etc..

... Our governing mission is to break out of the traditional top - down, Westminster knows best approach», and devolve power and decision - making to people and their local communities.

It has devolved power to individual supporters, enabling them to run their own campaign events, fundraising parties, and even become unofficial spokespeople for their campaign online, in person and in the media.

These were «devolving power to the lowest level so neighbourhoods take control of their destiny; opening up our public services, putting trust in professionals and power in the hands of the people they serve; and encouraging volunteering and social action so people contribute more to their community».

Holyrood will get the powers to run the benefits system for older people, carers and the disabled and can even create new benefits in devolved areas, but it won't get the chance to change welfare for in - work poverty.

The Localism Bill, currently negotiating its committee stage in the Lords, is a powerful expression of the Conservative instinct to devolve decision making away from Whitehall and give power to ordinary people over their homes, neighbourhoods and lives.

Some 80 % of people in England support having more powers devolved to local areas, a BBC poll on devolution has suggested.

One obvious advantage of using the initiative is that taking agenda - setting power away from politicians and devolving it to the people responds to one of the central elements of contemporary «anti-politics» — the suspicion that politicians too often act in their own interests.

Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Mr Cameron said if Miliband did not agree, he should explain to the British people «why they shouldn't have the same powers as we are rightfully devolving to the people of Scotland».

There is no way the Tories would have committed to devolving these powers by themselves, and as we look forward to bringing yet more powers closer to the people of Wales it will be Lib Dems yet again leading the way in Government.»

It is to devolve power and it is to find ways of surprising people about what drives the Tories.

And so, Labour believes that powers over devolved policy areas currently exercised by the EU should go directly to the relevant devolved body after Brexit, so that power is closer to the people.

Any solution that deals only with the constitutional anomaly, but does not address the need to devolve real power from Westminster to the people and communities of England may be a worthy tidying up exercise but will not address the fundamental problem.

It's frankly outrageous that Osborne has opened the door to devolve tax raising powers to Wales without a referendum for the people.

Plaid Cymru welcomes the announcement that income tax powers will be devolved to Wales — this is an important step in making the Welsh Government properly responsible and accountable to the people of Wales.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats believe in devolving power from Cardiff Bay into our communities, giving councils the tools to be able to properly deliver services for local people.

We will create more good jobs and build a stronger and more balanced recovery by devolving economic power to Britain's towns and cities, boosting vocational education, getting young people into work, cutting business rates, introducing a British Investment Bank and increasing house building to at least 200,000 a year.

If most people vote «yes» in this referendum, the Assembly will gain powers to pass laws on all subjects in the devolved areas.

In his most important speech since the election on devolving power, the prime minister said he wanted to end the days in which capable people become passive recipients of state help and communities were «soulless clones of one another».

It offered a clear theme — more power over their own lives needs to be devolved to people and communities which will in turn encourage them to accept more responsibility.

David Cameron says he made a vow to the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland who told him the current system of devolved powers was unfair.

He said that while it was important to devolve power from the centre, the process to arrive at the decision should emanate from the people rather than the National Assembly.

He said: «It's possible to do more to bring government closer to the people... It can be enhanced by devolving more power to the people.»

The role of Government: «I am afraid that there is a basic ideological differences between those on the Labour Benches and those on the Government Benches — we believe in devolving power and giving freedom to people.

«I have always believed in governing with respect,» he said «That's why in the last parliament we devolved power to Scotland and Wales, and gave the people of Scotland a referendum on whether to stay inside the United Kingdom.

He said Labour had «never sought to devolve income tax - varying powers and warned that such a move risks «undermining the union» by limiting the «ability to pool risk and share rewards between the peoples and regions and nations of Britain.»

Nearly a decade ago, in one of its first acts in government, Labour devolved power back to the people of Wales.

[60] Attributing the party's losses to its failure to engage with the electorate, she told the programme that Labour needed to speak up for the interests of the Scottish people, and accept more devolved powers for the Scottish Parliament.

I am committed to devolving more powers and funding to schools, and empowering teachers and head teachers to ensure that they are in the driving seat of school improvement in Scotland, supported by parents and children and young people themselves.