Labour Leader Keir Starmer is pledging to restore people's civic pride and community work. It sounds a lot like former Prime Minister David Cameron's abandoned "Big Society" project. We ask one of the architects of that plan, ResPublica Director Phillip Blond, why Labour are revisiting the idea.

Also in the show: more than 40 Tory MPs are calling on their own leader to deliver more funding for councils. Derbyshire Council's Leader and Vice-Chair of the County Councils Network Barry Lewis sets out the state of local government finance as we head towards May elections. Hosted by Stephen Carroll and Caroline Hepker.  

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