Blears wants police, NHS and councils more locally accountable - The Guardian 5th March 2008

Police, primary care trusts, and councils are to be made accountable to neighbourhood communities under controversial proposals to be unveiled today by Hazel Blears, the communities secretary. She will announce a "community empowerment" white paper - to be published in the summer - that would give a local dimension to proposals set out a year ago by the prime minister to create a new democracy in Britain. The paper is likely to extend the principle of statutory rights to information, accountability, and sometimes redress, to a gamut of public services - including neighbourhood police and primary care trusts.

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