The Public Service Ombudsman for Wales should have extra powers, including the ability to initiate investigations without having first received a complaint, a review has concluded.
The auditor general for Wales is to take on a statutory duty to audit sustainable development, becoming one of just a handful of auditors general worldwide to do so.
Council leaders across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have come together to urge whichever party wins the general election to set out a plan to devolve power across the country in the...
Major local government reorganisation is coming in Wales, with plans to reduce the number of principal authorities from 22 to 12. It needs adequate funding and realistic timescales if it is to...
The Welsh government is consulting on a new land transaction tax for Wales, it has been announced. Finance minister Jane Hutt said this would be the first new tax to be levied in Wales for 800 years.
Ten of the UK’s largest cities have today launched a ‘freedom charter’ setting out demands for devolution that they said would drive national prosperity and boost local economies.
Satisfaction levels with the NHS in Wales fell last year, according to a National Survey for Wales. Despite this, more than nine out of ten people polled were satisfied with care provided by both GPs...
The government’s ‘bedroom tax’ has affected a greater proportion of tenants in Wales than in Scotland or England, an analysis by the Wales Audit Office has found.
Professor Julian Le Grand, who has advised the government on the creation of public sector mutuals and has undertaken a review of children’s services in Birmingham, is among the public sector...
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has convened cross-party talks in Cardiff that are intended to lead to an agreed devolution plan for the principality by next March.
Key council services could disappear following further reductions in the sectors financial settlement from the Welsh Government, the country’s local government leaders have warned.
