Finance and resources

•  Resourcing local services 2024-25.pdf - Dec-2023

  An outlook of the pressures faced by local services

•  Local Authority Sustainable Procurement Toolkit.xlsx - Mar-2023

•  Supporting Local Authorities with the decarbonisation of emissions from procured goods and services.pdf - Mar-2023

•  SME Guidance to produce a Carbon Reduction Plan.pdf - Mar-2023

•  The National Social Value Measurement Framework for Wales - Part 1 - Overview.pdf - Nov-2020

  An overview and introduction to using the National TOMs (Wales), including what they are intended for and how they will be kept up to date and managed over time.

•  Resourcing Local Services 2020-21 - Summary Sheet.pdf - Sep-2019

  Essential local services are at the heart of our communities. Here is a summary of what they need in order to be able to make even more of a contribution to communities, and to continue to enhance residents’ lives.

•  Resourcing Local Services 2020-21 - All our communities rely on local government.pdf - Sep-2019

•  Council Tax Protocol for Wales - Good Practice in Collection of Council Tax.pdf - Jan-2019

  Endorsed by Welsh Government, Local Authorities and the Welsh Local Government Association

•  181025 WLGA Evidence ELGC Committee.docx - Oct-2018

•  ‘Council Survey on Budget Planning Implications’ - Report to Finance Sub-Group.pdf - Sep-2018

  The WLGA asked local authorities to respond to a short survey during August / early September in advance of budget setting over the autumn period.

•  Fair and Sustainable Funding for Essential Local Services - All our communities rely on local government.pdf - Aug-2018

  The Welsh Local Government Association makes the case for Fair and Sustainable Funding for Essential Local Services.

•  The Future Shape of Procurement in Wales – The Review of Value Wales and the National Procurement Service.pdf - Jul-2018

  This paper provides feedback from a workshop involving Heads of Procurement in local government held in July 2018. Its purpose was to provide the senior local government officers perspective on the Value Wales/National Procurement Service review process, the content of the review to date and the needs and demands from the perspective of local authorities.

•  Local Government Pressures - Finance Sub Group Meeting 12 July 2017.pdf - Jul-2017

  This paper summarises the main budget pressures facing local authorities across Wales.

•  Ambition for Change - Aiming Higher - Independent Commission on Local Government Finance Wales.pdf - Mar-2016

  The 'Ambition for Change: Aiming Higher' report offers a series of reforms to improve the complex workings of local government finance. Key recommendations include measures to increase the share of council income raised locally, reduce hypothecation and improve multi-year financial planning.