A NEW ‘deal’ between a council and residents is intended to move power away from county hall and into communities.

That’s what a senior council officer told councillors during a meeting to set out how a shift in the way the authority operates will be explained to the public.

Deputy chief executive David Leech said: “It’s really important we start to move resources from I, as an officer, making suggestions and out into the community and grow the resources we give to community groups but give a clear steer of what we think those challenges are. We want to work with communities on the impact we want to see those resources having.”

Torfaen Borough Council is proposing what it’s calling ‘The Deal’ as a way of overhauling how it operates in response to rising demand and budget pressures and an acknowledged loss of public confidence in local government........

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