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Camden New Journal - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 7 August 2008
 
More power to the petitioners

WE have all seen how Camden Council seems to be ignoring recent petitions and continues to approve unpopular proposals, sometimes even standing accused of not consulting local people properly.
In a press release of July 9, the Department for Communities and Local Government has announced a government white paper titled Communities in control: real people, real power, which sets out how the government plans to give local citizens and communities more rights and more power.
An extract from the press release says: “Councils will be subject to a new duty to respond to petitions.
“Petitions will enable local people to force an issue onto a council’s agenda.
“With enough signatures that issue would need to be discussed by the full council committee and could be subject to a vote”.
Under these circumstances, I do wonder how many back-bench councillors (of whichever political colour) would vote with their consciences, or would they yield to the sound of a cracking whip behind them?
MERIC APAK
Vice-Chair
Caversham Neighbourhood Partnership, NW1

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@thecnj.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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