Reforms and more funding for audit
The Government will provide funding to councils to cover the costs of additional audit fees, with a first tranche of £49 million for qualifying local authorities in 2025/26.
Waste tax ‘will cost councils billions’
A planned tax on burning waste could place billions of pounds of unavoidable costs on councils and needs reform, the LGA has said.
Local oversight of education
The LGA’s lobbying has secured significant changes to draft legislation.
Cladding remediation ‘too slow’ – MPs
Eight years on from the Grenfell fire that claimed 72 lives, it is still not known how many buildings have unsafe cladding and when it will be removed, according to MPs.
Local democracy: a constant in an uncertain world
As we look ahead to welcoming delegates to the Welsh Local Government Association’s (WLGA) annual conference in Llandudno in a few weeks, it is impossible to ignore the parlous state of democracy.
