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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 April 2025

Debate

Democracy and Unelected Strong Leaders

Contribution

My Lords, is it not the case that reviving local democracy is a necessary part of trying to re-engage people in politics? England is the most centralised democracy in the developed world. Sadly, this Government are following the Michael Gove approach of removing government further away from local people. Will they rethink the need to make sure that democracy and government are close enough to ordinary people for them to feel that they can participate in meaningful decisions?

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