Despite the Welsh Government suggesting that the number of councils in Wales should be reduced from 22 to around 9, a council leader has said he does not believe this will happen for at least 10 years.
Emlyn Dole, leader of Carmarthenshire, told S4C's Newyddion 9 that he had received assurances from Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford that his council ‘will remain for at least 10 years’.
Dole said: "The authorities will remain, unless they themselves want to merge. But there will be more of a regional footprint - working together on a regional level."
However, the reassurances were not appreciated by Dyfed Edwards, leader of Gwynedd Council, who told Newyddion 9 he would rather see a plan for reorganisation than face another decade without changes.
He commented: "We need a new system of councils so that we can face not just the next decade, but the next 50 years. That has to come some day.
"I was a supporter of the ex-minister's plan to create new local authorities that could serve citizens across Wales. There wasn't much support within councils for a new map in terms of reorganisation.
"The only way it will happen is through voluntary agreements. Or if we look at a regional structure where services are brought together."
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