Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Despite the Welsh Government suggesting that the number of councils in Wales should be reduced from 22 to around 9, a council leader has said he does not believe this will happen for at least 10 years.
Emlyn Dole, leader of Carmarthenshire, told S4C's Newyddion 9 that he had received assurances from Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford that his council ‘will remain for at least 10 years’.
Dole said: "The authorities will remain, unless they themselves want to merge. But there will be more of a regional footprint - working together on a regional level."
However, the reassurances were not appreciated by Dyfed Edwards, leader of Gwynedd Council, who told Newyddion 9 he would rather see a plan for reorganisation than face another decade without changes.
He commented: "We need a new system of councils so that we can face not just the next decade, but the next 50 years. That has to come some day.
"I was a supporter of the ex-minister's plan to create new local authorities that could serve citizens across Wales. There wasn't much support within councils for a new map in terms of reorganisation.
"The only way it will happen is through voluntary agreements. Or if we look at a regional structure where services are brought together."
Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
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