More than two years of formal support provided by Welsh Government to Merthyr Tydfil Council will soon end after the progress that has been made. The finance and local government minister Rebecca Evans announced on Wednesday, March 16 that the support package that has been provided to the council since 2019 will stop at the end of the month because of the progress made by the council, although she recognised there are more improvements needed.
The support package, which was agreed in June 2019, followed a request from the leader at the time Councillor Kevin O’Neill and was also in response to concerns raised by Audit Wales. In their letter in 2019, they raised concerns about the financial challenges, service pressures, leadership, capacity and governance issues the council faced.
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