National survey reveals variations in how Welsh councils are seen

There are big variations in how people in Wales rate the performance of local councils, a national survey has shown.

The research, released in the latest National Survey for Wales, found that 90 per cent of Welsh residents were satisfied with their GP care and 91 per cent with their last NHS hospital appointment.

But only 24 per cent of adults in Blaenau Gwent agreed their council provided high quality services. The next lowest were Anglesey, where 34 per cent said they were high quality, Powys with 35 per cent, and Merthyr Tydfil with 38 per cent.

Conwy performed best on that measure, with 61 per cent saying services were high quality. 58 per cent in Ceredigion said services were high quality, as did Cardiff with 57 per cent.

The survey was conducted by the Office for National Statistics for the Welsh Government.