Local Government

Council boss wants criminal checks on politicians
30/7/2010 - The leader of a south Wales council is calling for Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks to be a legal requirement for all politicians. Torfaen council leader Bob Wellington says tighter controls should be put in place...

Town hall staff to pay to park
27/7/2010 - Swansea Council is hoping to save over £250,000 a year and jobs by introducing parking charges for council staff and councillors. A report to the council's cabinet this Thursday will look at the introduction of annual ...

New law to shake up local government
16/7/2010 - A new law to shake up the way local councils across Wales are run is being proposed by the Welsh Government. The Local Government (Wales) Measure proposes the setting up of an independent body to set allowances for cou...

Wales public services face £1.5 billion cuts
19/4/2010 - Wales must change and innovate if it is to deliver in a harsh financial climate, says the new Auditor General for Wales, Gillian Body. The public sector in Wales needs to work in radically different ways if it is to r...

Anglesey bid to raise standards
16/3/2010 - Anglesey’s standards committee has announced that it will take steps to ensure councillors contribute towards corporate recovery. Some local politicians on Anglesey were slammed in a report by the Wales Auditor Gene...

Anglesey says no more bickering
8/3/2010 - Isle of Anglesey County Council has named five top priorities for recovery with no more bickering between local politicians. Last summer an auditor general's report said the council had a long history of not being prop...

Anglesy council warned of drastic measures
25/2/2010 - Local Government Minister Carl Sergeant met members and officials at Anglesey Council yesterday (Wednesday) to outline the action he expects them to take to rectify problems identified by the Auditor General for Wales. ...

Swansea's tough budget protects the young
9/2/2010 - Millions of pounds are to be invested in frontline services to protect vulnerable children and young people in Swansea. Proposals for next year's Council budget are due to be discussed by Cabinet on Thursday. And ag...

130 jobs scrapped as Swansea bites financial bullet
2/2/2010 - Swansea Council will have to spend millions from its contingency funds to balance its books this year as local authorities deal with limited budgets, extra demand for services and a tough economic climate. More than 13...

Tough times in store for Anglesey
20/1/2010 - Anglesey will have to make tough decisions over the next few years which will mean a reduction in services as well as staffing levels, says Council Leader Clive McGregor. The council is calling for public feedback on ...

Powys pledge on schools and social services
5/1/2010 - Plans to fund vital social services and support secondary schools despite a poor budget settlement and the recession have today been supported by the Board of Powys County Council. The proposed budget plans for the ne...

St Dogmael's new county councillor
30/11/2009 - St Dogmaels has a new Pembrokeshire County Councillor. He is Michael James who topped the St Dogmaels by-election on Thursday. The by-election had been called because of the retirement through ill health of the sitt...

New commissioner to visit National Assembly
24/11/2009 - The UK’s new Information Commissioner will visit the National Assembly for Wales today. Christopher Graham will meet with Assembly Members to talk about the work of the Information Commissioner’s Office. The vis...

Anglesey welcomes Wylfa decision
10/11/2009 - The announcement by Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, on the government's plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power reactors has been welcomed by the Leader of the Isle of Anglesey County Counc...

Tough times for Anglesey
14/10/2009 - Anglesey County Council has this year again received Wales' lowest settlement from the Welsh Assembly Government - an increase of 1.0% for 2010/11. The Welsh average is 2.1%. Council Leader Clive McGregor warned that...

Anglesey backs new interim boss
6/10/2009 - Anglesey County Council today backed the appointment of a new interim managing director. David Bowles, who will also act as the authority's head of paid services, takes up his new duties later this month. He has alread...

Anglesey politicians won't pursue their own ends
19/8/2009 - Local politicians on Anglesey have pledged they won't pursue personal or political interests - a charge levelled against them in a devastating report by the Wales Auditor General. Members of the Anglesey Council's Aud...

New boss of Anglesey can't speak Welsh
14/8/2009 - Anglesey County Council today welcomed the nomination of a new interim managing director for the authority - even though he is not a Welsh speaker. In July, the Auditor General for Wales, Jeremy Colman, published a rep...

New boss on way to failing Anglesey Council
20/7/2009 - An interim managing director to run the Isle of Anglesey County Council will shortly be appointed by Welsh Assembly local government minister Dr Brian Gibbons. The council was last week criticised in a report by the Wa...

Anglesey Council slammed for mistrust and animosity
15/7/2009 - The Isle of Anglesey County Council has a long history of not being properly run, which has had a corrosive effect on the way it delivers its work and leaves it poorly placed to meet future challenges. That is the con...

Anglesey council boss quits
9/4/2009 - Isle of Anglesey County Council has announced it has come to an agreement with its managing director Derrick Jone to release him from his contract of employment by mutual consent. Last week the Auditor General for Wal...

Anglesey council tax rises 3 per cent
6/3/2009 - Anglesey County Council have agreed on a 3% Council Tax increase. Council tax will remain one of the lowest in Wales with an average Band D tax bill of £789.84, excluding North Wales Police and Community Council prece...

Jobs freeze to keep Neath PT council tax down
6/3/2009 - A freeze in job vacancies, efficiency savings, changed working practices and re-tendering of contracts are being made in Neath Port Talbot to keep the new council tax increase down to 3.9% - 9p a day for 85% of reside...

Wales council tax worse than England, warns AM
19/1/2009 - Council tax increases in Wales will be higher than those in England later this year, Shadow Local Government Minister Alun Cairns AM predicted today. Responding to today's figures which show that council tax payers in ...

Wales could lose £500 million
31/12/2008 - Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman has written to the independent commission set up to look at funding and finance for Wales to express his concerns regarding the current mechanism for allocating funding to Wales by the...

Pembre leader is top Welsh politician
12/12/2008 - Pembrokeshire Council leader John Davies has been crowned Local Politician of the Year in this year's Welsh Politician of the Year awards. Now in their fourth year, the awards are a joint initiative by The Wales Yearbo...

Pembrokeshire dismayed
11/12/2008 - The Leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, John Davies, has expressed dismay at the settlement his authority has received from the Welsh Assembly Government for the coming year. "We are very disappointed with our sett...

Anglesey "left in the lurch"
11/12/2008 - Isle of Anglesey County Council Leader Phil Fowlie says he is desperately disappointed by this year's financial settlement from the Assembly. Anglesey will yet again receive Wales's lowest local government settlement ...

Wales council taxes to rise more than England - claim
27/11/2008 - Council tax rises in Wales could be higher than those in England next year, Shadow Local Government Minister Alun Cairns AM claimed today. The South Wales West AM issued the warning after a 4.2 per cent rise in central...

Anglesey is angry
17/10/2008 - The people of Anglesey have once again been "badly let down" by the Welsh Assembly Government, according to Council chiefs. The County Council has learnt that it has again received Wales's lowest provisional local gove...

Bridgend doesn't catch Iceland cold
15/10/2008 - Bridgend County Borough Council is reassuring local residents that it does not have money invested in troubled Icelandic banks or their subsidiaries. Eight Welsh councils and three Welsh police bodies are reported to h...

Extra millions for Welsh councils "not enough"
15/10/2008 - Councils across Wales will receive an extra 109 million pounds in funding from the Welsh Assembly Government in 2009-10 to support local services such as education, social services, refuse collection and recycling, it was...

Laura is Wrexham top apprentice
10/10/2008 - Laura Miles, 19, has been named Wrexham Council's modern apprentice of the year at the council annual recognition of achievement day. Laura, a former pupil of Ysgol Bryn Alyn, joined the apprentice scheme in Septembe...

Cardiff and unions avert sick pay row
10/7/2008 - Unions have withdrawn a plan for 4,000 town hall workers in Cardiff to go for all options short of strike action over sickness pay. A joint statement this afternoon said the Council and the trade unions (Unison and GMB...