| Council Merger 12:16 - Dec 1 with 3311 views | bennytee |
I hear they are looking to merge Swansea and Neath Port Talbot councils.
What will this mean in terms of council tax? Neath Port Talbot seem to pay a huge amount more right across the board. |  | | |  |
| Council Merger on 19:21 - Dec 1 with 3221 views | Brynmill_Jack |
Yeah. Maybe they could call it, rem, West Glamorgan County Council or something like that . |  |
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| Council Merger on 19:22 - Dec 1 with 3217 views | Highjack |
Neath is just a better place to live and the people are far superior. |  |
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| Council Merger on 19:35 - Dec 1 with 3199 views | jack_lord |
| Council Merger on 19:21 - Dec 1 by Brynmill_Jack |
Yeah. Maybe they could call it, rem, West Glamorgan County Council or something like that . |
What a great idea. Maybe they could house them in offices across the county. (mind you great christmas parties back in the day) |  |
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| Council Merger on 19:43 - Dec 1 with 3188 views | exiledclaseboy |
Whatever happened to Lliw Valley? |  |
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| Council Merger on 20:01 - Dec 1 with 3163 views | Pacemaker |
| Council Merger on 19:43 - Dec 1 by exiledclaseboy |
Whatever happened to Lliw Valley? |
It became Neath.
There is a fair bit of opposition to this merger in NPT as Swansea have a few "issues" and there is also a feeling that the authority would become Swansea centric,
It will happen as the WAG need to justify their existence but there will be a few battles.
All that is assuming Labour get back in, there are real fears after the last election that a combination of voter apathy and Plaid and or UKIP (if they still exist) will cause an upset.
Unless Corbyn has truly revived Labour. |  |
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| Council Merger on 20:05 - Dec 1 with 3157 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Council Merger on 20:01 - Dec 1 by Pacemaker |
It became Neath.
There is a fair bit of opposition to this merger in NPT as Swansea have a few "issues" and there is also a feeling that the authority would become Swansea centric,
It will happen as the WAG need to justify their existence but there will be a few battles.
All that is assuming Labour get back in, there are real fears after the last election that a combination of voter apathy and Plaid and or UKIP (if they still exist) will cause an upset.
Unless Corbyn has truly revived Labour. |
I thought at least some of what used to be Lliw Valley became part if Swansea? Neath got the scabby bits the big city didn't want. Pontardawe, for example. | |
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| Council Merger on 20:11 - Dec 1 with 3139 views | Pacemaker |
| Council Merger on 20:05 - Dec 1 by exiledclaseboy |
I thought at least some of what used to be Lliw Valley became part if Swansea? Neath got the scabby bits the big city didn't want. Pontardawe, for example. |
True, Swansea got south of Pontadawe, Neath Port Talbot got everything north of that. Very odd decision as I wouldn't have thought that there was any historical links between the boroughs as they were, it has always been the Swansea valleys to me. | |
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| Council Merger on 20:12 - Dec 1 with 3136 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Council Merger on 20:11 - Dec 1 by Pacemaker |
True, Swansea got south of Pontadawe, Neath Port Talbot got everything north of that. Very odd decision as I wouldn't have thought that there was any historical links between the boroughs as they were, it has always been the Swansea valleys to me. |
They're all just Swansea suburbs really. | |
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| Council Merger on 20:22 - Dec 1 with 3116 views | Pacemaker |
| Council Merger on 20:12 - Dec 1 by exiledclaseboy |
They're all just Swansea suburbs really. |
I always hear Guantanamera in my head on entering Ystalyfera for some reason. | |
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| Council Merger on 20:33 - Dec 1 with 3101 views | Neath_Jack |
| Council Merger on 20:22 - Dec 1 by Pacemaker |
I always hear Guantanamera in my head on entering Ystalyfera for some reason. |
So do i and many others, it drives my kids mad (they both went to Ystalyfera school). |  |
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| Council Merger on 21:14 - Dec 1 with 3057 views | jack_lord |
| Council Merger on 20:22 - Dec 1 by Pacemaker |
I always hear Guantanamera in my head on entering Ystalyfera for some reason. |
Me too and I do it at least twice a day. They have higher council tax than us across the bridge. | |
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| Council Merger on 07:29 - Dec 2 with 2959 views | Private_Partz |
It could mean cost savings with less Directors and Councillors. 8 LAs is still too many for me. It is divide and rule at the moment. We should have no more than 4 and ours should be the South West Wales Authority. |  |
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| Council Merger on 11:58 - Dec 2 with 2893 views | father_jack |
| Council Merger on 20:01 - Dec 1 by Pacemaker |
It became Neath.
There is a fair bit of opposition to this merger in NPT as Swansea have a few "issues" and there is also a feeling that the authority would become Swansea centric,
It will happen as the WAG need to justify their existence but there will be a few battles.
All that is assuming Labour get back in, there are real fears after the last election that a combination of voter apathy and Plaid and or UKIP (if they still exist) will cause an upset.
Unless Corbyn has truly revived Labour. |
id rather it be swansea centric than allow port toilet to asset strip neath any further tbh. |  |
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| Council Merger on 12:25 - Dec 2 with 2881 views | Joe_bradshaw |
22 different local authorities in an area the size of Wales is madness. How much replicating of the provision of services is going on? What a waste of money.
My wife worked for the eduction department in special needs provision. When West Glamorgan split up into Swansea and NPT the whole structure to provide special needs services doubled overnight. You might think that the two authorities would combine resources for the benefit of all but the village mentality prevailed and both authorities set up autonomous services, |  |
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| Council Merger on 12:41 - Dec 2 with 2868 views | perchrockjack |
Recently I broached this subject with regards to the proposed Liverpool City region which will take in a very diverse mix of towns and villages .
Some ,like St Helens, Southport,Wirral feel main issue is lack of identity and being swallowed up in a larger connobation.
The credit side is that it will be a devolved region with more powers over the budget.
Depends if Swansea wants to take in all the little towns and villages around it and finally move the feck on instead of stagnating |  |
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| Council Merger on 17:34 - Dec 3 with 2768 views | Banosswan |
| Council Merger on 20:12 - Dec 1 by exiledclaseboy |
They're all just Swansea suburbs really. |
Lliw valley also included pontarddulais and gorseinon. |  |
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| Council Merger on 19:43 - Dec 3 with 2719 views | Bloodyhills |
| Council Merger on 19:21 - Dec 1 by Brynmill_Jack |
Yeah. Maybe they could call it, rem, West Glamorgan County Council or something like that . |
or maybe the Ospreys County Council!
Used to work for West Glamorgan back in the day. | |
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| Council Merger on 19:48 - Dec 3 with 2707 views | Whiterockin |
| Council Merger on 11:58 - Dec 2 by father_jack |
id rather it be swansea centric than allow port toilet to asset strip neath any further tbh. |
Neath Council spent all the money in the kitty before they merged with Port Talbot. |  | | |
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