Cyngor Gwynedd Care Scrutiny committee met on the 4th June, 2026. Tick box exercise... The meeting was more to vote through department's performance reports rather than proper scrutiny and many councillors did not bother to turn up for the meeting. The Strategic Safeguarding Panel Yearly Report 2025/26 was presented by Dewi Jones, cabinet member for Education and now chair of the panel. It is of concern that this panel could be used to avoid scrutiny by councillors and the pu

Surrey County Council has been accused of carrying out "illegal" and "immoral" care assessments of vulnerable adults, and excluding their families, in a bid to save money by reducing their support. Learning disabled adults face 'dangerous' cuts to care after 'illegal assessments', claim families. https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-12/learning-disabled-adults-face-care-cuts-after-unsafe-assessments-say-families In response, Sinead Mooney, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member f

Accepting the Ombudsman for Wales offer of a third investigation into cyngor Gwynedd was a mistake. Yet again, the 'remit' for...