12th November 2010, 04:45 PM
Yes there will be cuts in the grants but grants for Places of Worship will be protected.
and Yes local decisions dont necessarily act in the national interest. The question is where the balance should lie and things is particularly so with big infrastructure projects. The phrase NIMBY comes immediately to mind - there must be occassions when the national interest must take precedent over local democracy. Should a council have the power to build in the setting of a SAM or worse still on it a new school or demolish a grade 1 listed building to make way for a new hospital.
Peter
and Yes local decisions dont necessarily act in the national interest. The question is where the balance should lie and things is particularly so with big infrastructure projects. The phrase NIMBY comes immediately to mind - there must be occassions when the national interest must take precedent over local democracy. Should a council have the power to build in the setting of a SAM or worse still on it a new school or demolish a grade 1 listed building to make way for a new hospital.
Peter