In the BBC News broadcast, Tories Plan To Shift School Power, Paola Buonadonna explains that the Conservatives, in their new policy on development will allow local authorities to decide how much development they'll allow, but with one exception-the building of schools. At the moment, local authorities can block the building of schools, but Conservatives plan on stripping the councils of this power in that planning area. Schools will be treated like other major infrastructure projects, like airports and power plants. Ironically this will anger the local authorities the Conservatives have been trying to reach out to.
This policy reflects the issues found in a unitary system of government, where the legitimacy of the local and regional government is challenged by the federal authorities. Instead of looking to the town hall, people will be looking to Whitehall to determine where their schools will be.
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(2/7/2010)
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Interesting because the issue of federal versus local control of schools is one we struggle with in the U.S. also!
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