Best Quote by Hilary Benn

That is one of the reasons why we have raised this matter about the need to focus quite sharply on the function of local…

— Thabo Mbeki

On housing, education and skills, health and social care, transport and economic development, local government is better placed to make decisions in the interests…

— Wes Streeting

Using political power, the elite can induce local authorities to facilitate enclosure and privatisation of land, water, and other hitherto public amenities. And they…

— Guy Standing

Our issue is local control, local government by local elected people.

— John Wall

We need state government to work efficiently and keep open lines of communication with local governments. We should listen to local leaders about their…

— Roy Cooper

Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate…

— Charles Kennedy

The thing about local government is they want to hear what local people think, but for the most part, their systems are so long,…

— Konnie Huq

If they are given a real opportunity to affect the performance of local public services by electing the people who run them, most people…

— Nick Boles

You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of…

— Zephyr Teachout

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

— Ron Dellums

Empowering communities by leveraging federal and local investments helps improve the federal-local relationship and advance shared priorities.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily…

— Anonymous