Such moves include great-er local autonomy over spend-ing, and encouraging communi-ties to be more active in local decision-making as a way of restoring trust in politics.

The party that preaches local autonomy will compel councils.

How can we believe him now when he claims to want to maximise local autonomy within the service?

He wants 'maximum local autonomy'; but remember, hospitals are monopolies.

Congregations, however, retained their local autonomy and these groups were legally separate from the congregations.