With voters set to go to the polls on May 5, we spoke to Neath Port Talbot Council's Labour leader and deputy leader , Ted Latham and Leanne Jones before the 2022 local government election period. Here's what they had to say. On first meeting them both in the offices of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (NPTCBC) - also the Princess Royal Theatre in Port Talbot - Ted and Leanne insist on being seen as a team - a leadership duo.
“We are a very good team. We complement each other and I think you need that at times," said Leanna, deputy leader before the 2022 election period. You need different views, different backgrounds and different ages."
Council leader before the 2022 election period, Ted, said: "I think we do [work well as a team]. There is obviously a difference in age and there is obviously a gender difference, but it goes deeper than that. We just bounce off each other. The last 12 months [have] been a challenge. She’s been [a good] support and I would like to think that I have been supporting her.”
