31/03/2025

Council chiefs in Wales have welcomed plans to transform the way local bus services are planned and delivered but cautioned that its rollout will take time.

22/01/2024

All local authorities in Wales have signed up to a new charter, committing to work with the Welsh Government to develop a consistent benefits system.

19/12/2023

Council bosses say local authorities in Wales face a 'considerable' funding gap despite the devolved nation’s planned cuts in other departments to protect local services.

11/09/2023

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has called on the UK Government to prioritise housing and homelessness services.

10/08/2023

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has warned a return to austerity would be ‘devastating’ following budget warnings from the devolved Government.

14/12/2022

Councils in Wales have warned ‘difficult decisions’ on spending remain despite receiving an 8% increase in funding from the Welsh government.

11/07/2022

The Welsh Government has announced it will revalue all 1.5 million properties in the country under bold plans to modernise the council tax system.

09/03/2021

Local authority leaders in Wales have agreed to ensure council chambers are more representative of their communities following the upcoming local elections.

14/08/2020

Welsh ministers have announced a £260m funding boost for councils, bringing the total amount of government COVID-19 support to almost half a billion pounds.

10/08/2020

The UK's four local government associations have pledged to work together to tackle the rise in abuse targeted at elected members.

07/07/2020

Council leaders in Wales have called for extra support after Airbus cut more than 1,700 jobs across their UK operations.

11/05/2020

Trade union Unite is expected to recommend that its members reject the employers ‘final’ 2.75% pay offer at a national committee meeting later this week.

20/04/2020

Council leaders in England, Scotland and Wales have called for a temporary lifting of the immigration rules that stop some migrants accessing public funds.

09/12/2019

The leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, cllr Andrew Morgan, has been elected as the new leader of the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA).

04/12/2019

Council leaders in Wales have welcomed improvements to all areas of the country’s education system.

03/07/2019

Councils are being urged to take steps to protect councillors from abuse and intimidation in a new guide published today.

01/07/2019

Local authorities have committed themselves to tackling a notorious ash tree disease that has spread across Wales.

19/06/2019

A blueprint for joint working between councils is to be published by the Welsh Government.

14/03/2019

Each local in Wales will receive £45,000 to help ramp up their work to prepare for Brexit.

21/11/2018

Local government leaders in Wales have welcomed the latest figures put forward by the Cardiff administration for next year's budgets – but warned there could still be further cuts to services or rises in council tax.

24/10/2018

Welsh local authorities have called on the First Minister to consider sacking his colleague in charge of councils after he labelled councillors ‘Oliver Twists’.

09/10/2018

Councils have dismissed today’s Welsh Government’s finance settlement as a ‘bread and butter budget’ in which town halls ‘get the crumbs again’.

18/09/2018

A new Preventative Care Fund should be set up in Wales to help ease the strain on children's services, councils have said.

20/03/2018

Local government in Wales is facing a radical overhaul, with ministers consulting on plans to create ‘larger, stronger councils’.