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Fairer early years funding plan launched
Published : 22 August 2016

Major changes designed to deliver a fairer funding system for nurseries, pre-schools and child-minders have been set out by the Education Secretary ... read more

£2 million to improve roads using new technology
Published : 22 August 2016

A £2 million fund to allow councils to capitalise on emerging technologies and deliver better journeys for motorists has been launched. ... read more

Joint inspections to focus on domestic abuse
Published : 22 August 2016

Joint inspections are to examine how local partners, including local authorities, police and probation, and health services, work together to ... read more

Cost of pothole repairs on Welsh roads
Published : 22 August 2016

The Welsh Local Government Association has acknowledged the concerns expressed over the cost of pot-hole repairs, highlighting the need for more ... read more

Support for Syrian refugees in Wales
Published : 22 August 2016

A report from the Home Affairs Select Committee has said more needs to be done to support Syrian refugees by outlining the sustainable and long-term ... read more

How Wales deals with council tax arrears
Published : 22 August 2016

Concerns over the level of council tax arrears have been recognised by the Welsh Local Government Association outlining the highly effective ... read more

Charities launch match fund competition
Published : 22 August 2016

The Office for Civil Society is seeking to support a fundraising campaign with at least £250,000 of match funding. The match funding should ... read more

Communities could get billions in shale gas revenue
Published : 22 August 2016

People living in communities where shale development could take place are set to receive millions of pounds as the Financial Secretary to the ... read more

Time to rethink how debt is collected
Published : 22 August 2016

Research by Step Change has revealed that local authorities and government departments are some of the worst practitioners in the UK when it ... read more

Give free condoms to young people and gay men
Published : 22 August 2016

Local authorities should run schemes to supply young people with free condoms and sex advice in an attempt to curtail the number of sexually ... read more

Failure to share puts service reform at risk
Published : 22 August 2016

Local authorities have been urged not to “reinvent the wheel” when it comes to reforming public services, in a new paper exploring ... read more

Councils sign HR shared service deal
Published : 22 August 2016

Two councils have agreed to extend co-operation with a new HR deal that will save both organisations hundreds of thousands of pounds annually. ... read more

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