Opportunity Quote by Nick Boles

I've learnt that what you need to do is have standards that are agreed nationally and then allow people locally to work out what…

— Matt Hancock

We are looking at how you change the relationship between central and local government and how to use public resources to the best effect…

— Hilary Benn

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much…

— J. B. Pritzker

My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run…

— Christine Pelosi

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

It's one thing to change regulations on the city level, another on the state, and still another on the federal. The higher the levels…

— Adam Neumann

Those who use our public services should be able to deal directly with those who manage and deliver them.

— Charles Kennedy

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

Those communal areas have got elected municipalities, which have got to do their work as, as fully, democratically elected municipal councils.

— Thabo Mbeki

Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.

— Theresa May

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new…

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— John Wall