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WHITEHALL
Welsh council tax support extended to 2019
By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2017
The Welsh Government has announced it will extend its council tax reduction scheme into 2018/19 a...
FINANCE
Council tax increase warning
By Dan Peters | 05 October 2017
Local authorities in Wales will be forced to increase council tax by the maximum 5% next year, a ...
FINANCE
Welsh councils bemoan 'catastrophic austerity'
By Mark Conrad | 03 October 2017
A seeming increase in Wales’ public sector budgets masks the ‘catastrophic impact that eight year...
FINANCE
Welsh councils call for end to cuts
By Dan Peters | 22 September 2017
Welsh council leaders have called for an end to the ‘relentless cuts to public services’ after a ...
FINANCE
Welsh councils' performance improves
By Laura Sharman | 13 September 2017
Nearly two-thirds of council services in Wales have improved over the last year, according to new...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Why we must protect parental autonomy
By Claire Fox | 09 August 2017
Councils and devolved authorities need to beware. The trend towards over-reach on child disciplin...
HEALTH
Councils win legal battle with health boards
By Laura Sharman | 03 August 2017
Health boards in Wales ‘misinterpreted’ the law over who is responsible for paying for nurses to ...
FINANCE
Praying for time
26 July 2017
Diary knows better than to join simmering rows about religion.
WALES
'Regional collaboration will strengthen services'
By Hiba Mahamadi | 26 July 2017
Local authorities must not be sidelined when it comes to funding if plans for greater collaborati...
LEGISLATION
Wales considers PR for local elections
By Laura Sharman | 18 July 2017
Councils could be allowed to introduce proportional representation for local elections under new ...
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