The political pressure is building up!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7622324.stm

The pressure on Mr Brown does seem to me to reflect some of our concerns about this Eco Town policy being 'foisted' onto local communities. Like this piece from the BBC:

"Mr Milburn said he welcomed Mr Brown's commitment to put more power into the hands of people, but that a "splurge of Whitehall initiatives" seemed to point in the opposite direction.

"Public disengagement is a symptom of disempowerment. Too often we shut people out when we should be letting them in," he said.

Mr Milburn added: "This half-in, half-out approach won't work. Uncertainty has to make way for clarity."

So it'll be all eyes on the Labour Party conference to see what Gordon's commitment about putting power back into local communities actually means!