CommonSpace editor Ben Wray speaks to Common Weal head of policy & research Dr Craig Dalzell about the think-tank's new paper on restructuring local democracy titled 'Development Councils - A Proposal For A New System Of Local Democracy In Scotland'.

Issues discussed include:

• Why should we care about local democracy?

• Could a volunteer based system of community level democracy be skewed towards older, higher income demographics?

• How would community level democracy based on an 'as and when' system of responsibilities work with local councils?

• How does this proposal compare to systems of community level democracy in Europe?

To read the full report click here: http://allofusfirst.org/tasks/render/file/?fileID=C7E9660B-B34A-EBA0-4C3A0800865E203B