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Welsh ministers have introduced legislation that includes measures giving local authorities the powers to apply to merge voluntarily as well as facilitating regional working in areas such as planning, economic development and transport through corporate joint committees.

Laura Edgar reports from the 2019 RTPI Cymru conference, where Julie James said the focus must be on outcomes, not numbers.

The Welsh Government has accepted the need to strengthen the links between housing need and the planning process.

Welsh local government minister Julie James has told AMs of plans to legislate for a form of democratically accountable regional working that could involve planning, transport and economic development.