local government

Proposals by the Welsh Government to merge the country’s 22 councils to as few as 10 would not solve the financial and service pressures that local authorities are currently experiencing, RTPI Cymru has said.

Cabinet secretary for local government Mark Drakeford has confirmed further details of the promised legislation that will see mandatory regional working between Wales’s 22 councils on issues such as economic development, strategic land use planning and strategic transport.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) has launched a report that calls for the government to set out a plan for a more independent local government with ‘clear powers and a clear vision’.