abstract:For local government purposes, Wales has since 1 April 1996 been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas.Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 The elected councils of these areas are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environmental protection, and most highways.
As promised in the previous post, following much beavering away behind the scenes, here's a take on what comes next for localgovernmentinWales - and it's pretty radical.
Whether people voted for it or not, the assembly has a voice which makes itself heard every day in business, industry, the health service, education, transport and localgovernmentinWales.
The Welsh government said the majority of funding it provided to localgovernmentinWales was not ring fenced and it was up to each authority to make its own budget decisions.