A decade on from Anglesey s Day of Shame which saw councillors stripped of their powers
2011 saw council s powers handed to government-appointed commissioners following years of infighting
13:19, 16 MAR 2021
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In this first of a two-part piece looking back at ministers’ decision to step in and take over the control of Anglesey Council in March 2011, Gareth Wyn Williams looks at how the authority’s continual “disgrace in the media” led to what become known as Anglesey’s day of shame.
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