Why has the Welsh Government left £1.8 billion unspent in their latest budget when local council’s claim they are short of cash?

With the Welsh Government publishing their budget today (21st December) for next year, Welsh Conservative Shadow Finance Minister, Nick Ramsay MS, has called on the Welsh Government to provide a budget which will implement a recovery plan for Wales, not just to see Wales through the Covid-19 pandemic but to deliver the public services we…

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Court of Appeal allows appeal by RCT council over lawfulness of schools reorganisation decision

  A Welsh council has won its appeal over whether a decision in relation to a major schools reorganisation programme was taken lawfully. In July 2019 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council decided to implement wide-ranging proposals for primary, secondary and sixth-form education in the Pontypridd area. In Driver, R (On the Application Of) v Rhondda…

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No reprieve for Pontypridd schools and sixth forms. So much for the council taking notice of local residents

Greater Pontypridd 21st Century Schools Reorganisation Programme – Judicial Review Outcome https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/GetInvolved/Consultations/RelatedDocuments/SchoolsConsultations/PontyandHawthorn/21stCenturySchoolsConsultationDocument2018.pdf The Council is pleased that the Court of Appeal has found that the Council’s decision, made in July 2019, in respect of the Greater Pontypridd 21st Century Schools Reorganisation Programme was taken lawfully following a legal (Judicial Review) challenge. It follows a hearing which…

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