Welsh councils will be handed an extra £23.6m in 2019/20 on the condition that they commit to regional working.
The additional allocations in the final local government finance settlement means councils will benefit from an overall cash increase compared to 2018/19, equivalent to a rise of 0.2% after adjusting for transfers.
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