Local Gov Reform: A Welsh Political Third Rail

Why is Welsh local government such a complicated mess? Why have so many attempts to reform it failed and why politicians keep saying that they'll try to reform it? It's complicated! Thankfully we have a great guest to discuss this with Ceri and Matt, Steve Thomas CBE who was chair of the Welsh Local Government Association for 15 years and has... thoughts. You can find Steve on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/stevethomas100 His article about local government and the constitution here: https://nation.cymru/opinion/what-role-for-local-government-in-the-debate-on-waless-constitutional-future/ One of a long list of failed reform attempts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-34454113 Four Combined Authorities for Wales proposal: https://cdn.ps.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/Discussion-paper-on-four-combined-authorities-for-wales.pdf You can find Matt on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/hexter101 Ceri here: https://twitter.com/ceritheviking And the latest from Hiraeth here: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod If you're enjoying the pod, please rate, review and subscribe in your podcast app of choice.