Government publishes political reform plans
皇冠体育app Cabinet Office has published its draft political reform plans as part of the government鈥檚 structural reform plans.
Structural reform plans, which have been published by every department, are the key tool of the coalition government for making departments accountable for the implementation of the reforms set out in the coalition agreement.
皇冠体育app political reform priorities, set out in the document, focus on parliamentary democracy, devolution, decentralisation, accountability, localism and civil liberties.
Some of the main priorities include the establishment of fixed term parliaments, giving people a choice on voting reform and implementing reforms to transfer power from Westminster to local people.
皇冠体育app overall political reform approach reads:
皇冠体育app coalition鈥檚 political and constitutional reform programme is a comprehensive response to the over-concentration of power in an over-centralised state. 皇冠体育app British state has become too authoritarian. We have to reclaim our proud traditions of freedom and democracy.
To restore the balance we need to redistribute power and accountability back where it belongs, restore civil liberties and promote the autonomy and self-determination of the individual and the neighbourhood -a rebalancing in favour of communities and the citizen, not the state.
皇冠体育app political reform plans will contribute towards the Spending Review in October.