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Councils warn that without extra funding, cuts will have to be made to support for communities. Wales social services face cuts over £646m budget gap Skip to main content
Local authorities, which fund social care, councils, bin collections, libraries and other services, have faced rising demand for services. The Welsh Local Government Association has estimated ...
1 January – Social services in Wales have estimated they face a £646m shortfall over the next three years as a result of Welsh Government budget cuts. [7]2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.
Peter Fox MS, the Welsh Conservatives’ shadow finance minister, welcomed the additional funding for health and social care services but said the budget “fails to address the people’s ...
Urgent budget cuts were approved on 6 November 2000 and involved cutting back on temporary staff and overtime and car allowances. [35] In December 2000, the council agreed on a three-year proposal to improve its finances. [35] The plan led to £4m of cuts for the 2000-2001 financial year and £16m of cuts for 2001–2002. [35]
Wales spends more on social security than other parts of the UK; capital expenditure on infrastructure such as transport (which is not devolved to Wales) is significantly less. [7] By comparison, the entire UK fiscal deficit was £350 billion between 2019 and 2020. [8] The total UK public debt exceeds £2 trillion (which is equivalent to 85% of ...
All the funding for Welsh government supported services, and most funding for councils, comes from the Welsh government budget. Seeking to put pressure on her rivals, Labour's Eluned Morgan has ...
Minister for Children and Social Care (2017–18) Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care (2018) Huw Irranca-Davies: 3 November 2017 2018 Older People brief added in May 2018. [7] Labour: Third Jones government [8] Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services (2018–2021) Deputy Minister for Social Services (2021–2024) Julie Morgan