Work by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a think-tank, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consultancy, suggests, however, that localism need not be so politically dangerous.

• 但也许最大的危险在于，在热忱地赋权与民时，政客和政策制定者们可能会双重放权的前一半变得冷淡。