Ministers 'should face performance tests'

摘要

Government ministers should face a performance indicator on how well the public can influence them, a leading local government figure has claimed. Writing in this week's The MJ, SOLACE director general, David Clark, says plans to judge councils on how well residents believe they can influence local decisions may be well-intended, but will not work in reality. Mr Clark claims the public think local authorities are responsible for a raft of issues over which they have no control. A performance indicator would therefore be 'crude'.