A “huge gap” remains in Caerphilly County Borough Council’s budget for the next two years despite a funding increase from the Welsh Government.
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Call for council leader to resign over ombudsman referral
An independent councillor has called on the council’s leader to resign after he referred himself to the ombudsman’s office “in the interests of transparency”.
‘Lifeline’ meals on wheels service saved after widespread opposition to closure
The council’s cabinet has agreed to ask its officers to find ways to make the service more sustainable, rather than axe it.
Mothballing Llancaiach Fawr ‘tantamount to cultural vandalism’
Supporters of the venue launched an impassioned resistance at a meeting on Tuesday September 24 against the council’s cost-cutting proposals.
Critics rail against ‘shameful’ plan to axe meals on wheels service
The council argues it has to make difficult decisions to save an estimated £45 million over the next two years, but critics say this proposal is a cut in the wrong place.
‘Use it or lose it’ plan for community fund criticised
The Community Empowerment Fund contains more than £3,000 for each councillor to support voluntary work within their wards.
Fresh concern over council’s £1.6m deal with money-saving specialists
The leader of the council’s Plaid Cymru opposition group accused the Labour administration of wasting cash to help draw up its money-saving “transformation agenda”.
Council spends nearly £1m on consultants for cost-cutting project
The council has defended the deal, claiming “there will clearly be a significant return on our investment over the next few years”.
Pressure builds on council to save ‘cornerstones for community’ from the axe
Llancaiach Fawr and Blackwood Miners’ Institute “must be saved” or should be taken out of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s hands, according to critics.
Plaid will target Labour ‘strongholds’ after losing by-election by single vote
Labour won last week’s Aberbargoed and Bargoed council by-election, with just one vote separating Labour’s Christine Bissex-Foster and Plaid Cymru’s Joshua McCarthy.