South Wales Evening Post - 3 February 2007
A Bid by opposition parties to take control of committees at Swansea Council has been postponed.
Councillors had been due to vote on plans to hand over the chairmanships and vice-chairmanships to members of the Conservative, Labour and Plaid groups after a swing in power at County Hall.
However, a number of the current heads of committees have dug their heels in and refused to hand over control without a fight. It means a meeting to decide the new heads has had to be postponed until further discussions can take place.
The revolt has been led by Councillor Ioan Richard, head of the council's Licensing committee. He has sent an e-mail to other chairs asking for them to make things difficult for the opposition groups.
Council leader Chris Holley said: "We have a group meeting next week to discuss these issues."
