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WHITEHALL

Cardiff city deal announced

By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2016

A £1.2bn City Deal - expected to deliver 25,000 new jobs and unlock £4bn of private sector invest...

FINANCE

Council bid to suspend Right to Buy

By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2016

A Welsh council is looking to suspend its Right to Buy scheme for the next five years in order to...

FINANCE

Councils plan to charge extra council tax for second homes

By Jamie Hailstone | 01 March 2016

Councils in Wales have unveiled plans to start charging additional council tax for second homes.

LEGISLATION

Local authorities told to 'grow up'

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 February 2016

The Welsh public services minister has told councils to ‘grow up’ as they deliver their verdict o...

BUSINESS

Cardiff BID to raise £1.5m

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 February 2016

Plans for two new business improvement districts (BIDs) in Wales are taking shape, including one ...

DEVOLUTION

Devolution plans thrown into disarray

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 February 2016

Devolution plans in the south of England have been thrown into disarray after two local authoriti...

HEALTH

I can't get no satisfaction: Pressure on social care takes toll

By Jamie Hailstone | 09 February 2016

Falling public satisfaction rates for social care reflect the growing strain services are under, ...

WHITEHALL

Electoral burden on sector could be reduced

By Dan Peters | 04 February 2016

The burden on local government of running electoral services will be reduced under proposals to r...

WHITEHALL

Welsh devolution branded as 'short-sighted and clunky'

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 February 2016

Academics have dismissed Whitehall plans to devolve more powers to Wales as ‘clunky, inequitable ...

DEVOLUTION

Leese: North Wales needs 'more freedoms'

By Sam Clayden | 15 January 2016

North Wales needs more devolution, according to the leader of Manchester City Council.