People living in nine areas of England are to get the chance to influence local authority spending decisions under a "participatory budgeting" experiment.
Authorities ranging in size from big-city councils in Liverpool and Sheffield to Dulverton town council in Somerset have been selected to take part in the experiment, which aims to develop new ways to involve local residents in decision-making.
Participatory budgeting was developed in Porto Alegre in Brazil. At its
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