Current category: Europe
02/03/2016
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.
03/02/2016
Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill.pdf – Feb-2016
Welsh Local Government Association response to Welsh Government's consultation - Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill.
03/02/2016
Written Evidence – Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill.pdf – Feb-2016
Welsh Local Government Association response to the National Assembly for Wales, Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee's considerations of general principles - Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill.
02/01/2016
Planning committees, delegation and joint planning boards.pdf – Jan-2016
Welsh Local Government Association response to the Welsh Government's consultation on Planning Committees, Delegation and Joint Planning Boards.
02/01/2016
WLGA (SSIA) Social Services Peer Review Guide.pdf – Jan-2016
This guidance manual is designed to help councils and their partners in preparing for a peer review. It is part of a sector led improvement process. It is not intended to be prescriptive, but to build on the experience of the Welsh Local Government Association.
03/12/2015
Regulations and Code of Practice in Relation to Part 4 and 5 of the Act.pdf – Dec-2015
Welsh Local Government Association and ADSS Cymru response to the Welsh Government consultation on Regulations and Code of Practice in relation to Part 4 (direct payments and choice of accommodation) and Part 5 (charging and financial assessment) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
03/12/2015
Regulations and Code of Practice in Relation to Part 6 of the Act.pdf – Dec-2015
Welsh Local Government Association and ADSS Cymru response to the consultation on the regulations and code of practice in relation to Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 - Looked After and Accommodated Children.
02/12/2015
Changes to recycling targets, plus new targets.pdf – Dec-2015
Welsh Local Government Association response to Defra's consultation on changes to the plastic packaging recycling business targets for 2016-17 and new targets for plastic and glass for 2018-20.
02/12/2015
Strange bedfellows or cut from the same cloth? Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act.pdf – Dec-2015
The WLGA commissioned a ‘think-piece’ from Alan Netherwood on the links between the Well-being of Future Generations Act and the Social Services and Well-being Act. This sets out ways in which work to be undertaken for each Act relates to each other, including assessments and timescales etc.
02/12/2015
Regulations and Code of Practice in Relation to Part 10 of the Act.pdf – Dec-2015
Welsh Local Government Association and ADSS Cymru response to the Welsh Government consultation on the code of practice on Advocacy under Part 10 and related parts of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.