power actually

Twelve million people are represented in their areas by a Liberal Democrat council leader. These administrations between them control over £10 billion worth of public spending.

David Boyle presents a study of Liberal Democrats working at their best in local government - innovative, independent and individual to each council they lead. In every policy area - environment, crime, education, health, regeneration - these stories illustrate how Liberal Democrats have delivered solutions which are very much built from the ground up. Many other Lib Dem councils are implementing the same themes: developing imaginative policy, devolving powers and listening to and learning from the people they serve.

This is not all talk and no action, nor say one thing and do another. This is Lib Dem localism in reality. This is power, actually.