Posts in Category: News

£344m needed for social care by 2021-22 

Current funding arrangements from Welsh Government will not cover the expected increases in cost and demand facing social care, the Welsh Local Government Association warns today. A joint report by WLGA and ADSS to the National Assembly for... read more
 
Thursday, 19 April 2018 Categories: News Social Services

WLGA responds to £163m health boards overspend 

Responding to Welsh health boards’ combined overspend of £163m at the end of this financial year Councillor Huw David (Bridgend), WLGA Spokesperson for Social Care said: “The NHS is rightly incredibly valued by everyone in Wales, and is an... read more
 
Tuesday, 03 April 2018 Categories: News Social Services

WLGA response to Welsh Government’s latest announcement on local government reform 

WLGA notes the publication today of the new Welsh Government Green Paper on local government reform. Local government was already responding proactively to the previous reform programme of regional collaboration and is progressing with the City and... read more
 
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 Categories: Local Democracy and Governance Local Government Reform News

Local government to #PushForProgress on International Women’s Day 

International Women’s Day is being marked today by a host of activities across Wales to celebrate the contribution of women and to push for progress on equal gender representation. Women’s network meetings, debates and exhibitions from... read more
 

‘Change is the only certainty’ in post-Brexit rural communities 

Rural counties in Wales will need enhanced support to prepare for the big changes brought by Brexit, council leaders have said. As members of the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths AM’s Brexit Roundtable... read more
 

100 years since votes for women, but progress still needed 

The WLGA is celebrating the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which granted partial suffrage to women in the United Kingdom. Cllr Mary Sherwood (Swansea), the WLGA’s joint Spokesperson for Equalities, Welfare Reform and ... read more
 
Tuesday, 06 February 2018 Categories: News

WLGA welcomes Parliamentary Review report on health and social care 

WLGA welcomes the publication of the Parliamentary Review Report on health and social care. The review has taken a whole systems approach to assessing how health and social care systems might deliver improved health and well-being outcomes for... read more
 
Tuesday, 16 January 2018 Categories: News Social Services

Appointment of new Cabinet Secretary for Local Government 

Responding to Welsh Government’s announcement of the new Cabinet, WLGA Leader Councillor Debbie Wilcox (Newport) said: “I would like to congratulate Alun Davies AM on his appointment as the new Cabinet Secretary for Local Government. He has... read more
 
Friday, 03 November 2017 Categories: Local Democracy and Governance News
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