The Welsh Government and local government have renewed their Strategic Partnership Agreement, reaffirming a shared commitment to working together in the interests of communities across Wales.

The renewed Agreement, launched at the Welsh Local Government Association Conference, focuses on “reasserting the underpinning principles of trusted partnership”, including a joint commitment to fair funding, reducing bureaucracy and sector-led improvement.

It also includes new collective commitments relating to Welsh-speaking communities, and economic development and regeneration, alongside updated commitments on equity, inclusivity and participation, tackling health inequalities, poverty, and abuse in politics.

Both national and local government committing to the ways of working in the revised Agreement will ensure that people across Wales see the practical benefits of shared ambitions aligned with the new Welsh Government's Programme for Government.