Councils should help residents do more for themselves, auditor urges

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2023

Local authorities in Wales should develop community resilience initiatives to help residents do more for themselves while cost pressures erode public resources, an auditor has urged.

A report by Audit Wales published today concluded ‘local authorities find it difficult to empower people and communities to be more self-reliant and less dependent on services’.

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