Focus Quote by Thabo Mbeki

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

— John Wall

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

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

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

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

— Elton Gallegly

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

I am quite convinced that we need to increase the resources that go to municipalities if we want the municipalities to do the things…

— Thabo Mbeki

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local…

— Pete Sessions

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming…

— Mick Cornett

A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration…

— Annie Besant

I hope that we increasingly shift power to local governments.

— Zephyr Teachout

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