Summary
SERIOUS underlying tensions were evident yesterday as Welsh local government leaders met for their annual conference as spending cuts bite.
Despite politeness on the platform in Llandudno, major disagreements between local government minister Carl Sargeant and John Davies, leader of the Welsh Local Government Association, were clear.See the full content of this document
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Sharp Divide Appears Over the Question of Cuts
The conference took place against a backdrop of thousands of threatened public sector job cuts in Wales and ahead of Chancellor George Osborne's emergency budget on Tuesday, which is being awaited with trepidation.
Mr Sargeant made it clear he was pr...See the full content of this document
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