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WALES

Welsh Government's council funding formula relies on 'outdated data'

The way the Welsh Government allocates funding to councils is partly out of date and does not always provide value for money, an Audit Wales report has found.

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The way the Welsh Government allocates funding to councils is partly out of date and does not always provide value for money, an Audit Wales report has found.

Auditors said the formula the Welsh Government uses to allocate most funding to councils had not been ‘fully and independently' reviewed for more than 20 years

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