Councils and public services

Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.

1. 5 March 2024Debate

   The Local Government Settlement 2024-25

   Debate

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer38 contributions

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No written questions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.

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Committee sessions where this brief was on the agenda, newest first.

1. 27 June 2024Health and Social Care Committee

   direct payments for healthcare - evidence session with ADSS Cymru and the WLGA

   Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

   98 contributions

2. 18 January 2024Local Government and Housing Committee

   Welsh Local Government Association

   Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1

   103 contributions

Articles by Senedd Research, the Senedd's impartial research service, on this brief, published in the Sixth Senedd.

1. Budget 2026-27: Core funding for local authorities to increase by 4.5%

   26 January 2026

   On 20 January the Welsh Government laid its Final Budget 2026-27. 7% originally proposed in November. In this article we consider the funding across local authorities, which will be debated alongside the Final Budget on Tuesday 27 January.

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538 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Lynne NeagleLabour

   13 November 2024, Plenary

   Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'

   …provision. And we accepted the committee's recommendation on the school funding review. Our review of local authority funding formulae, which includes funding for ALN, is almost complete, and I'm happy to share information on this with the committee once it is completed. I know that our education…

   Tagged for: “local authority funding”Official Record

2. Carolyn ThomasLabour

   13 November 2024, Plenary

   Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'

   …that’s left that I do understand, as previously I worked in local authorities, that we have had cuts to local authority budgets, there is increasing demand, that we need to look at the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008, and I know that the cost of delivering transport for children has increased by…

   Tagged for: “local authority budgets”Official Record

3. Siân GwenllianPlaid

   13 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

   …Wales' national development plan, and the work of developing strategic development plans through the corporate joint committees. I'd ask the Government to reconsider the principles driving this work, because there is a danger that the regional strategic plans will militate against important policy…

   Tagged for: “corporate joint committees”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

4. Peter FoxConservative

   13 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

   …too often, we see councils forced to rely on revenue raising to make up for rising pressures that the local government settlement hasn't always addressed. With this in mind, Cabinet Secretary, what safeguards can be given to the tourism sector that, if this tax succeeds in coming forward, it will be…

   Tagged for: “local government settlement”Official Record

5. Jayne BryantLabour

   12 November 2024, Plenary

   Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: Building safety

   …as you know, has responded to and accepted all of those recommendations. Work is ongoing with the Welsh Local Government Association and other supporting bodies to progress those recommendations. I'm pleased to confirm that eight building control trainees have been recruited in Wales since earlier…

   Tagged for: “Welsh Local Government Association”Official Record

6. Amelia John

   6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials

   …partners. We've got such a strong collaboration. I've mentioned the weekly meetings that we have with WLGA, the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership and other partners. Obviously, we are having discussions with them so that we would be able to move quickly if we needed do that. So, I think the…

   Tagged for: “WLGA”Official Record

7. Amelia John

   6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials

   …are updated; colleagues meet with them weekly, with the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership and WLGA, and we obviously continue to seek guidance from our Ukrainian consultant, who has a very large social media presence. She both amplifies the information that we provide, but also allows us to…

   Tagged for: “WLGA”Official Record

8. Amelia John

   6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials

   …approach, and I know we've discussed that a lot, but just the collaboration between ourselves, the Welsh Local Government Association, local authorities and health boards. The third sector are absolutely key in this as well. That's fundamental to the nation of sanctuary approach. And I guess the…

   Tagged for: “Welsh Local Government Association”Official Record

9. Ruth Meadows

   6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials

   …and also the wider pressures on Welsh public services. From time to time, we would invite in the WLGA and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action to give their perspective on that as well. We also wanted to give a broader picture on the broader pressures across different UK nations and Ireland and…

   Tagged for: “WLGA”Official Record

10. Mark IsherwoodConservative

    6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

    Papers to note

    …been the core formula used since, although the Welsh Government always states that it works with the WLGA annually to review that, and tweak it here and there, but that unless the WLGA requests an outright change, they said that they wouldn't previously consider that. Of course, the authorities that…

    Tagged for: “WLGA”Official Record

11. Adam PricePlaid

    6 November 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

    Papers to note

    …of Government to look at this issue? Of course, as Mike said, perhaps it's difficult to expect the Welsh Local Government Association to come to a single view because all authorities will have a different interpretation of the need for change. But if it would be possible for the audit office to look…

    Tagged for: “Welsh Local Government Association”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

12. Lynne NeagleLabour

    6 November 2024, Plenary

    Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education

    …with you before that we have done what we can to protect the money that goes to schools through the revenue support grant. And obviously, we're going through a budget process at the moment to look at the budget allocations for next year. But the Welsh Government, in partnership with the UK Labour…

    Tagged for: “revenue support grant”Official Record

13. Cefin CampbellPlaid

    6 November 2024, Plenary

    Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

    …realise the great pressure and stress on county councillors who have to make these decisions, and the WLGA has recognised that recently. And we do have to remember that there is great pressure on councils in rural areas because of the additional cost of providing services, particularly the cost of…

    Tagged for: “WLGA”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

14. Sam RowlandsConservative

    5 November 2024, Plenary

    Business Statement and Announcement

    …transport, who I'm really pleased is able to join us here this afternoon, particularly a statement on council funding for road maintenance and potholes. You'll be aware that, last week, the Chancellor made an announcement that there will be £500 million extra being made available for local road…

    Tagged for: “council funding”Official Record

15. Carolyn ThomasLabour

    4 November 2024, Petitions Committee

    Updates to previous petitions

    This was discussed at the Local Government and Housing Committee, and the Welsh Local Government Association representative was saying how the cost of providing school transport had risen by 40 per cent after the pandemic, and having enough operators was very difficult, and enough escorts as well…

    Tagged for: “Welsh Local Government Association”Official Record

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