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Dame Helen Ghosh, Home Office permanent secretary.

LOCAL COUNCILS. Dame Helen Ghosh, Home Office permanent secretary.

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Dame Helen Ghosh, Home Office permanent secretary.

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  1. LOCAL COUNCILS Dame Helen Ghosh, Home Office permanent secretary. “We in [central] government need to focus on doing the things that only government can do,” she told MPs. Then “what we need to facilitate is that – at the most local, most individual level – people both identify and solve problems in the way that they wish to solve them”. • Local Councils: Parish and Town Councils established in 1894 • Statutory Bodies with Statutory Powers • Constant process of receiving more powers: esp. LGA 1972 and the Localism Act 15th Nov 2011 • 1st tier of Local Government operating at grassroots level. • Around 9,000 Parish & Town Councils in England • 313 Parish & Town Councils and Parish Meetings in Kent Kent Association of Local Councils

  2. KALC’s ROLE GOV & OTHER TIERS OF LG & RELATED BODIES BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP for 296 Local Councils in Kent (95% of total) Kent Association of Local Councils

  3. LOCAL COUNCILS MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Kent Association of Local Councils

  4. LOCALISM ACT • Royal Assent on 15 November 2011 • New Rights and Powers for communities: • General Power of Competence • Community Right to Challenge • Community Right to Bid • Neighbourhood Planning • Community Right to Build • Community Infrastructure Levy Kent Association of Local Councils

  5. DELIVERING LOCALISM IN KENT • DCLG “As the tier of local government closest to their communities, parish, town and neighbourhood councils have a key role to play in shaping their communities” – The Guardian November 2011. • Bob Neil MP “We recognise the important role that Parish and Town Councils play in local communities”. November 2011. • Parish & Town Councils have a key role to play in helping to shape and deliver services to their local communities. • Essential all 3 tiers of Local Government work closely together to deliver Localism in Kent. • KALC representation on Kent Forum to help deliver the Forum’s commitments. Kent Association of Local Councils

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