Councils in Wales have been able to meet the financial challenges so far – despite considerable pressures - but the cracks are beginning to show. In his report, published today, the Auditor General for Wales says local authorities will become increasingly reliant on having robust and appropriate arrangements in place to deliver efficiency savings, but that currently many do not have them.

Following a training exercise involving work with a wide range of charitable bodies, staff at the Wales Audit Office have selected Changing Faces [Opens in new window] as their charity of the year for 2014.

Staff will be volunteering to hold a number of fund raising activities throughout the year to raise money for the charity.