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If it was up to local authorities to decide how their business rates were spent and they were successful in creating an atmosphere where businesses could thrive, then they would make more money and success would breed success, but of course, if they screwed up, failure would breed failure.
We should be doing this here in Dover, we have more than enough (natural and historic) assets to make our Town and District a great success, but we don't have the power to do so.
If localism really worked, we would have the most fantastic Town, that could easily become a City, but some difficult decisions would have to be made first.
I know what should be done, but have no power; those who have the power, have no idea where and how the ground-work needs to be done - and I'm not talking strategy and regeneration, that's being done very well by PaulW and others.
Roger
