Plaid Cymru South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle has urged Welsh local authorities to stand together against back-door local government reorganisation.
Lindsay Whittle, who stepped down as leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council in May, said: “Carl Sargeant (Local Government Minister) and Leighton Andrews (Education Minister) have adopted a bludgeoning attitude to local government.
“I always found the council leaders from all parties to be of the highest integrity and I believe they should be working together to prevent back-door local government re-organisation.
“If the Welsh Government’s agenda is local government reorganisation let them come forward with clear proposals so we can have a proper debate. I’m not happy with the way Ministers are behaving, there is too much hectoring. Let them be upfront.
“There is talk about that there are too many councils and, therefore, too many chief executives and other senior offices. But up until 1996 there was 37 district authorities and eight county councils all with their own chief officer teams.”
