AGENCY social workers are costing a council £36,000 more than the cost of a permanent member of staff.
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
BUILDERS waste and rubble is due to be removed from open spaces at a new housing site before the developers hand over control of the land.
LAY-BYS used by a council highways teams for storing materials are attracting fly-tipping a councillor has said.
THERE are no plans to provide financial support to parents of children under the age of two in Wales councillors have been told.
PLANS for a health and wellbeing centre in a Gwent town are still at their early stages, a councillor has been told.
A GWENT council has a school’s maintenance backlog totalling more than £5 million but no works are considered to be urgent.
A “NUMBER of offers” have been received for a former school building after it was put up for sale by a council.
WELSH only names shouldn’t be imposed on a council which should stick to using English and Welsh a councillor has said.
A COUNCIL tax rise of 7.9 per cent that was compared to the “price of a cup of tea” has been passed by councillors.
A COUNCIL which ruled out changes to 20 mile per hour speed limits won’t be forced to release all responses to its review.
