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Federal, state and local governments already allow for citizen input in a variety of different ways — public comments, stakeholder groups, advisory committees, citizen initiatives, town halls, etc.

A council in West Sussex has missed out on more than £1m of income because its new town hall building is more than half empty.

Farage has previously said his party is aiming to win hundreds of seats, in a bid to boost its national election chances by gaining a bigger foothold in town halls.

There was also a commemoration in Ravenna's town hall of the role played by Canadian troops in liberating this part of Italy in the Second World War.

Fleming is namechecked on the town's welcome sign; a bust from 1960 sits in a bare memorial garden, and there is some memorabilia from his life on display at the town hall.