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The ink was barely dry on the Act of Parliament that created the 22 unitary councils in Wales before the doubts started to set in.

This is an article for the South Wales Evening Post

Setting the council’s budget for the following year is always a difficult and exacting process. Thousands of jobs are dependent on the £384 million budget (of which only 30% comes from council tax), the £38 million capital budget, and the £123 million the council spends on managing and improving its housing stock.

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The decision by the Welsh Government to give the vote to 16 and 17 years olds at local council elections is good news This reflects a similar provision for that age group in Scotland.

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Friday 24^th November was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day. It is followed up until the 10th December by 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence.

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For all intents and purposes, the Welsh Liberal Democrats are facing an existential crisis. For the first time since the Liberal Party was formed in the nineteenth century we no longer have an MP representing a Welsh constituency. Our once small but successful Welsh Assembly group has been reduced to a rump of one and our councillor base is smaller than it has been for some time.

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There has been controversy in Swansea of late over the council's decision to no longer collect soft plastics for recycling, despite the fact that these materials are capable of being processed. This was an issue I raised at a recent council meeting.

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Failure to secure a majority in the House of Commons can often be a valid excuse for not delivering on an election promise, but when there is cross-party support and overwhelming backing for a proposal in the House of Commons, the abandonment of a popular proposal makes no sense whatsoever.

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As a local councillor, I deal daily with complaints and issues around refuse collection, recycling, fly-tipping and litter. It seems to me that local councils and government put the emphasis on the consumer and local resident to protect the environment and recycle, without making much effort themselves to reduce the amount of waste in the first place.

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Those of us who are becoming increasingly frustrated at the condition of Swansea’s roads looked upon the recent report by the Asphalt Industry Alliance with interest.

Delivering a fairer Swansea

The Welsh Liberal Democrats Manifesto for Swansea Council 2017

Introduction

When the Welsh Liberal Democrats took control of Swansea Council in 2004, in partnership with other parties, they were faced with putting right 24 years of neglect. These were just some of the issues we had to address: