Amid all the excitement of the local elections in May, something is stirring in our town councils. After years of indifference, a number of active residents are now seizing the opportunity to use the new councillors to put forward their own version of localism.
Frome in Somerset is in the forefront of this campaign, and the self-styled Independents for Frome (IFF) have scored a resounding success against the incumbent Liberal Democrats and Conservatives.
