Welsh assembly to consider new legislation aimed at giving greater control to people over care budgets The Welsh government has published a social services bill, setting out plans to give people new legal rights and more freedom to manage their own care budgets. The bill also puts emphasis on more co-operation between local authorities, sharing of services and focusing on prevention and early intervention. The government will launch a public consultation, with a view to tabling the bill in the national assembly in October. Gwenda Thomas, deputy minister for children and social services, told the...