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A ‘barrier-busting’ team is being established by Communities and Local Government to help community groups get the backing they need when they encounter bureaucratic obstacles to local objectives.

In a major speech to the Policy Exchange, Minister for Decentralisation Greg Clark said:

“If we want change to happen at the most local level, then we have to understand that at such a scale even the slightest bureaucratic hurdle looms large. Furthermore, it is very difficult for community institutions to get the help they need to get around these obstacles.

That is why we need to turn central government upside down and inside-out. Instead of the civil service only being focused upwards on providing advice to Ministers – and inwards on its own priorities – we must drive the focus downwards and outwards to put those resources at the service of communities nationwide.”

• See further details of the speech and a full transcript.