The Green party’s national spokesperson warns of the dangers to democracy when central government tries to tidy up the “messy” local government. “When local government is moved away from the local people you get a disconnect and mistrust. It’s harder to communicate, harder to consult, and harder to listen to people.”He added: “This is stripping back democracy. Cllr Snedker said: “We have an extremely strong LGA branch. There was talk amongst the Association of Green Councillors as to whether we should form our own stand-alone group.