...self-government, which "denotes the right and ability of local authorities, within the limits of law, to regulate and manage a substantial share of public...under their own responsibility and in the interests of local population."5 Political intimacy cannot be achieved unless the local government is a genuine,...

...outwardly calls for subsidiarity in its Charter on Local Government. It also states, "Local government denotes the right and the ability of local authorities...responsibility and in the interests of the local population." 4 (See appendix B for relevant excerpts from the Charter on Local Government.) A similar emphasis on...

...self-government denotes the right and the ability of local authorities, within the limits of the law, to regulate and manage a substantial share of public...responsibility and in the interests of the local population. Article 3(2) continues by stating that this right shall be exercised by councils or assemblies composed...

...new Labour Government signed the European Charter of Local Self-Government which affirms the right of local authorities 'to regulate and manage a substantial...responsibility and in the interests of the local population' (Art 3(1)). A proposal made in the Government's White Paper, Modern Local Government (Cm 4014/1998),...