WALES

Authorities join forces to bid for merger

Conwy and Denbighshire CCs have become one of the first pairs of local authorities to submit a voluntary merger bid to the Welsh Government.

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 November 2014

Conwy and Denbighshire CCs have become one of the first pairs of local authorities to submit a voluntary merger bid to the Welsh Government.

The Welsh Government invited bids to merge councils after the publication of the Williams Commission report in July, which recommended cutting the number of local authorities in Wales from 22 to 10.

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