Call for councils to be at centre of new second chamber

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019

A former first minister (FM) has called for ‘disempowered’ local authorities to be put at the centre of a new second chamber in Scotland.

Labour peer Lord McConnell suggested the creation of a body like a citizens’ assembly but with more status and authority.

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