The Mayors Show; Reshaping Local Government  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8759 (Nov. 2011), page 59-60.
Topik: Political Power; Local Government; Mayors
Fulltext: The mayors show.pdf (42.48KB)

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Next year 11 British cities will have the chance to replace the existing local-government structure, in which leaders are chosen from the ranks of councillors, with directly elected mayors. The coalition government sees this as a way of devolving power and strengthening localism. With a population of around 1m, Birmingham will be the biggest city to vote. But all are hefty. Because the political boundaries of British cities often encompass suburbs and even bits of countryside, they can contain more people than larger-seeming American cities. London's mayor controls transport policy (hence the capital's congestion charge), oversees the capital's policing through the Metropolitan Police Authority and sets a council-tax "precept"--a small addition to the property taxes levied by boroughs. His regional counterparts probably won't get anything like that degree of freedom. David Cameron, the prime minister, has backed away from earlier plans for powerful "executive mayors". Behind the retreat lies a belief that, in fiscally tough times, costs are better controlled from the centre. Elected mayors are an important step on the road to localism. They have proved bolder, more original and more accountable than appointed council leaders tend to be.

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