The UK has the most centralised system of government of any OECD country and yet there is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than people locally who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right. Local power is all about making the places where we live fairer, greener and better suited to local needs, by shifting decision-making to where it counts most. It’s about using the powers we already have to take more effective collective action. Who decides and what we decide locally could harness the untapped energy, creativity and knowledge needed to meet the challenges ahead.
Learn more about the positive impacts
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Featured initiatives
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Greater LondonCommunity Resilience Assembly 2025
Local PowersStrengthening collective capacity to respond to social and environmental challenges across London.
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PowysHay Community Assemblies
Local PowersRunning community assemblies to make better decisions that serve the needs of all.
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NW EnglandFylde Resilience Community Project
Local PowersConnecting private, public and third sectors, to deliver local Climate Action Plans.
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Cheshire EastStudents Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK)
Local PowersSupporting students and wider society to learn about, act and lead on sustainability.
Collective action at the local level can empower us all to deploy our creativity and wisdom.
Clover Hogan
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Recommended reads
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People’s Emergency Briefing: Here Because We Care
Turning the momentum created by the People’s Emergency Briefing into action at all levels.
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Great Big Green Week
From 6–14 June 2026, communities across the UK will come together for Great Big Green Week – the UK’s biggest…
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Recommended listen
A Local National Emergency
How can the People’s Emergency Briefing help to create more local – as well as national – action for climate and nature?