Sentences with phrase «stimulate local democracy»

As the vanguard city - region underpinning the wider Northern Powerhouse vision of the Cameron governments, the Greater Manchester mayoral elections were a critical litmus test offering insights into the possibility that metro mayors outside London could stimulate local democracy.

But the mayor said it would «stimulate local democracy» and giving more powers over spending to elected councillors «would electrify politics and it was high time we did it».