PLAID Cymru council leaders are warning the Welsh government today that local authorities are on the brink of financial ruin.

In a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves and First Minister Eluned Morgan, they say that Welsh councils face falling off a cliff edge unless the Labour governments in Cardiff and London take urgent action to address significant funding pressures.

“It is no exaggeration to say that many councils find themselves on the brink of financial ruin and there is a duty on both Welsh and UK governments to act,” wrote the leaders of Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd, Ceredigion and Ynys Mon (Anglesey) councils, along with the deputy leader of Neath Port Talbot Council.