New Report Boosts Lib Dem Campaign for Democratic Reform
March 3, 2006 12:00 AM
The Liberal Democrat campaign to make Britain more democratic and government more accountable has received a huge boost from a major new independent report.
Deputy Leader to the Wokingham Liberal Democrat Group, Prue Bray, has welcomed the Power Inquiry report, saying: "This report is great news for those of us campaigning for better, more responsive government.
"Democracy is just a mirage if the Government can't be held to account and people don't have a say in the issues that affect them directly.
"Liberal Democrats want to make local services like health and education work better for people. To do this we believe that local communities need to have more power themselves, with less of Whitehall telling them what to do. This independent report, produced after a year of surveys, hearings and more than 1,500 submissions, says that we are right.
"The Liberal Democrats have long said that a fair voting system which gives people more choice over the politicians that represent them, and where everyone's vote counts, would persuade more people to vote. This inquiry, chaired by a Labour member of the House of Lords, endorses that view.
"The level of public disengagement from politics is a real and growing problem. This report sets out a radical agenda for tackling this and bringing government closer to the people and genuinely accountable."
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