CONSERVATIVE councillors have been accused of “talking down” a council they used to run and of “never having a good word” to say about it.

The Conservatives were ousted from power in Monmouthshire at the last local government elections, in May 2022, from what had been the only authority where the party held majority control in Wales.

They were succeeded by a minority Labour administration, which a year later struck a coalition deal with the council’s only Green Party councillor, and under new Welsh legislation the council has had to produce an annual “self-assessment report” every year since 2022.

The latest report was presented to the full council’s September meeting and listed what the council’s leadership considers to be successes against its agreed targets, listed in its community and corporate........

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