In the first of a new series of weekly video debates from LSE’s Institute of Public Affairs, Tony Travers, director of LSE London, argues that Britain would be better governed if more powers were moved to local government.
Update: The Guardian have reported upon our first ‘Gearty Grilling’, read more here.
Localism sounds good in theory but we need to avoid city regions. A city region would be dominated by the needs of the city, this is as bad as the country being dominated by the needs of London and for people outside the city their situation would be just as bad as before.