Given that population projections for Welsh residents will see over-65s rise by 100,000 by 2026, what considerations has the Minister given to future pressures on local government services as part of the Local Government Settlement for 2017/18?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government | Answered on 23/06/2016
Over the coming months I, along with my Cabinet colleagues, will be considering the future pressures on local government services alongside the wide range of other factors which need to be taken into account in setting the Welsh Government’s Budget for 2017-18. That budget will be framed by the continuing cuts in funding made by the Westminster Government which reduce our ability to fund public services in Wales.