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FINANCE
Grave concerns over authorities' merger plans
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016
The new Welsh Secretary has spoken of his ‘grave reservations’ at plans to merge local authoritie...
HEALTH
£60m plans to join up Welsh integrated care services
By Jamie Hailstone | 06 April 2016
The Welsh Government has announced it plans to spend £60m over the next year to help join up heal...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Dramatic increase in homelessness puts pressure on councils
By William Eichler | 24 March 2016
The number of people being accepted as homeless by councils in England has risen by 33% since 201...
WHITEHALL
Directors welcome care wage report
By Dan Peters | 23 March 2016
Adult social care directors have welcomed a report that reveals more than 200,000 care workers ar...
FINANCE
Call for Welsh councils to undergo 'complete overhaul'
By Jamie Hailstone | 22 March 2016
A commission has today called for the complete overhaul of how councils are funded in Wales.
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 ...
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