tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post2825383975177087880..comments2023-08-19T16:44:23.150+01:00Comments on National Left: Reform our Councils to be more efficent not just to save costs.glynbeddauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-77945877459822243062015-12-18T10:50:39.400+00:002015-12-18T10:50:39.400+00:00Well Plaid is suggesting combined authorities to t...Well Plaid is suggesting combined authorities to take over some of the functions that I suggest the new regions should have, but there doesn't seem to be a political will to go through with it. The problem is that people will see it as more councillors, while in truth it would probably reduce the number of councillors overall, as well as introduce real democracy. Plus as has been suggested over at Oggy Bloggy Ogwr that over time the regions could have some secondary law making power devolved from the National Assembly - real decentralisation.Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-80017447318891411502015-12-17T11:28:44.915+00:002015-12-17T11:28:44.915+00:00Yes once again we seem to be in agreement . What I...Yes once again we seem to be in agreement . What I find frustrating is not so much that any Political Party in Wales agrees with us they may well have god arguments against such an idea.<br /><br />But there seems to be no alternative Plan for Welsh Local government either than Leighton Andrews Big Councils idea. We have an election coming up surely some leading Politician in Wales has some vision of an alternative that is more palatable and leads to more Democratic and efficient local government. glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133809191630290599.post-5942801910652278422015-12-17T10:15:08.862+00:002015-12-17T10:15:08.862+00:00As you know I am very much in favour of a two tier...As you know I am very much in favour of a two tier solution, we have too many nominated bodies and quangos running services that were once under direct democratic control, I would go with 3 city regions, Cardiff (East Glamorgan), Newport (Gwent) and Swansea (Swansea Bay - Swansea, Llanelli, Neath, Port Talbot) and two Rural Regions, The North (Gwynedd, Clwyd & Montgomery), Deheubarth (Brecon & Radnor, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire) running Health, Social Services, Police, Ambulance, Waste Disposal/Recycling, Transport, Infrastructure and Education. Leaving a tier of about 25 local authorities based on the current counties running waste collection, housing, licensing, leisure services, libraries. And at the lowest level about 250 community councils looking after hyper local facilities - all elected by STV. Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.com