More than 2,300 council employees were paid more than £100,000 in 2016-17, according to the latest ‘town hall rich list’. The research, published by the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) also found 558 council employees earn in excess of £150,000. There were 77 councils who had at least 10 employees who were paid more than £100,000. John…
Waiting times in the Welsh NHS continue to lag behind the health service in England in most key categories for treatment and diagnosis – according to the latest statistics. The figures – which are directly comparable – show that the biggest gap between the Welsh NHS and NHS England is still for hip operations….
Councils need a faster and more effective legal system which means fly-tippers are given hard-hitting fines for more serious offences, the Local Government Association has said. In its response to a Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation on proposals to introduce a new fixed penalty for the waste duty of care, the LGA said councils must…
