Localism Bill - local in theory but central diktat in practice?

Mo Baines of APSE, writing for Public Service, ponders the implications of the Con Dem Localism Bill and warns of ‘localism being hijacked as a route to greater centralisation, with English councils no longer trusted to do what they do best – which is deliver some of the best public services in Europe’ http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=16134