Member

To summarise, we all welcome the steps the Minister is taking on engagement and on ensuring that some amendments will see that transfer of power down, but it is vital that we continue to have conversations with local leaders, many of whom are seeing more pressures, with more councils applying for exceptional financial support. More councils are facing pressures in adult social care, temporary accommodation and housing. It is important that we look at more ways to help empower our councils to take those decisions closer to the communities they represent.