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Communities in control: real people, real power - Introduction message by Hazel Blears
Communities in control: real people, real power, was launched on 9 July 2008. The aim of this White Paper is to pass power into the hands of communities and local people to encourage vibrant local democracy in every part of country and give real control over local decisions and services to a wider pool of citizens.
Watch this introduction message from Communities Secretary Hazel Blears.
This video is approximately 30 seconds in duration.
The transcript for this video is available below:.
SCENE: Hazel Blears standing in Communities and Local Government headquarters building, Eland House, with the atrium in the background.
Hazel Blears does a 30 second speech to officially launch the Communities in Control White Paper. The video allows Hazel an opportunity to briefly talk about what the White Paper will do and that she would be very happy to hear from everyone if they have any comments, further ideas and to engage via her blog that she will be doing over the next week.
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VOICE of Hazel Blears:
'The white paper is all about giving you a stronger voice, control, more power and influence in the system so lets start right here. I would love to hear from you, really in the next few days, next few weeks. Have you got any more ideas, any new things we can do, please let me know what you think, have we got it right, have we hit the spot or is there any in different ideas yet to come and I am going to be doing a blog for the next week, so do please post your comments, it will be great just to have a conversation'.
