Milton Keynes – a model for the world | Letters

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Milton Keynes, 50 years old last week, is perhaps not that the city is about giving power to communities (G2, 24 January). But it is the only urban area in England to have a complete coverage of local (parish, community and town) councils – 30 – a number of which I helped set up as leader of Milton Keynes council in the early 1990s. This hyper-local democracy has undoubtedly contributed to its social cohesion and sense of place, he