Welsh councils to gain powers to merge Welsh local government minister Lesley Griffiths (Lab) has told a Welsh Assembly committee that two pairs of unnamed councils have signalled interest in mergers. Allowing mergers would be an initial response by the Welsh Government to the recommendations made in January by the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery, set up by first minister Carwyn Jones (Lab).That advocated reducing the number of Welsh councils from 22 unitaries to between 10 and 12. Mr James is due tomorrow afternoon to set out his full response to the commission, followed by a white paper for consultation. Ms Griffiths told the Welsh Local Government Association’s annual conference last month: “Reforming local government is about more than a cosmetic redrawing of the map of council boundaries to achieve economies of scale. ow.ly/yX7aE
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:25:08 +0000
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