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Blears hands more power to residents in Bradford, Barnsley and Calderdale
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Blears hands more power to residents in Bradford, Barnsley and Calderdale
Published: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:09:30
Local people will be urged to take more control over disused council buildings if they can show they can do a better job, as part of the Government's plans to devolve more power from Whitehall to local people in a White Paper announced today.
As part of this, Bradford, Barnsley and Calderdale will host one of 18 new pilots announced today to help local residents take over council buildings, with practical help to develop proposals to do so - whether a library in Northumberland, disused council offices in Hebden Bridge, a farm in South Gloucestershire, or a covered market in Brighton.
Every region in England will benefit from the scheme which was also today extended by a year to the 2010/11 and will now reach out to over 100 areas
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