Welsh councils’ funding package of £6.3bn next year is ‘as good a settlement as I can offer,’ local government minister Julie James has said.
Ms James warned local authorities will 'need to make choices’ when setting budgets for 2021/22 despite an increase of 3.8% or £172m in core revenue funding compared to this year’s settlement.
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