Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 19 October 2016.
I thank Joyce Watson for the question. Local authorities have many collaborative arrangements already in place across Wales. These arrangements not only deliver better services for people, but can do so more effectively and efficiently. Building on this, my proposals for local government reform are aimed at more systematic and mandatory collaboration between authorities in regional arrangements.