Sheffield leading councillor calls for more citizen control

Deputy leader of Sheffield City Council, Cllr Fran Belbin, says that citizens must be more involved in Town Hall decision-making

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00:00 So I'm talking to Fran Belbin who's deputy leader of Sheffield City Council, very involved

00:06 in issues around governance and the future of the city, of the council. Tell me Fran

00:12 why you think more citizens need to be involved in the work of the city council?

00:16 I think first of all they're asking to be involved and we've seen that quite clearly

00:20 when we commissioned the involved report to talk to citizens about how they perhaps want

00:26 to get engaged more with the council. A really clear message came back that they want to

00:31 be part of setting our agendas and helping us actually to make good decisions and I think

00:37 from our perspective as a council more citizen involvement, particularly at the early stages

00:44 around making our plans and making our decisions will lead to better decision making, we'll

00:49 get better outcomes through involving people who've got lived experiences of the circumstances

00:56 that are under debate, we'll get better outcomes as a result of them being involved.

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