Why it is important to take part in electoral and democratic processes
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- Created on: 06-04-16 16:45
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- Why is it important to take part in electoral and democratic processes
- National government sets rate of tax and collects the taxes
- Local councillors set level of council tax which everyone pays according to the value of their home
- European parliament has some control over EU spending which affects how much tax the UK government needs to collect
- National government will pass laws that will affect our lives. Voting in elections gives us a chance to affect these laws
- National government is responsible for police, prison services, immigration, armed forces, schools, NHS, social security and pensions
- Voting gives us the chance to say how these things are run.
- Local councils are responsible for collecting rubbish leisure and culture services, trading standards, social and housing services, maintaining roads, footpaths and street lighting in out areas
- By voting in local elections we can affect the decisions the councillors take
- People fought to electoral and democratic rights
- Countries where people do not have these rights usually do not treat their citizens well
- If we do not vote a small percentage of the population could votes for a person who took away our rights and treated us badly.
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