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No pressure on mergers, insists minister Drakeford

Welsh minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he faces competition from his colleagues to push through a new Local Government Bill.

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By Dan Peters | 29 November 2016

Welsh minister Mark Drakeford has admitted he faces competition from his colleagues to push through a new Local Government Bill.

Mr Drakeford told The MJ he needed to craft a consensus around his proposals to retain Wales' 22 local authorities while expecting a ‘new set of regional arrangements for collaboration'.

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