Goldie: Let local democracy flourish
Campaigning in Falkirk today on Common Sense Saturday (9th April), Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Leader, said:
"I want to let local democracy flourish.
"That is why the Scottish Conservatives will give the people of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen a referendum on electing a local Provost.
"That is why the Scottish Conservatives want locally elected Police Commissioners to give local people a voice on local policing.
"That is why the Scottish Conservatives want Community Councils to be given a budget and a greater local say over community projects.
"And that is why we would abolish the Concordat between the Scottish Government and Local Government so that our Councils and our Councillors are answerable to local people, not to Cabinet Ministers.
"Instead, we would require Councils to set out their own plans and report on progress to local people.
"It is common sense on local democracy to give local people more of a voice in their community."
Ruth: "Our thoughts should now be with the families of the victims who died on that fateful day in December 1988."
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Ruth: "However, this should not stop the questions that still exist, including those regarding his release by the SNP Government."
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