The CLG select committee has released its report on Localism. I’m not sure you would want to wade through the whole report but the 26 paragraph long conclusion and recommendations are worth a read. It seems a balanced report and certainly rings true with what we are seeing on the ground.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmcomloc/547/54711.htm

I like the idea that Localism is worth doing even if it costs more. Quite right. Small government is good government.