the wales audit office points to enterprises like this, saying with greater coordination and planning desperate straits. they add the cost of living crisis is pushing more people into poverty, including many working families for the first time. the report recognises efforts made by local and welsh government so far but improvements must still be made. through the pandemic, we saw how public money could be used with a lighter touch and a greater appetite for risk and that comes from with some risk necessarily and we need to make sure that the controls are still in place but we need also to balance that against the reality of needing to get money to the front line and not tie ourselves up in bureaucracy. the welsh government says it is doing all it can to tackle poverty with targeted support but can't protect everyone given the financial problems left by the uk government's mishandling of finances little the uk, and says it is protecting the most vulnerable with at least £1200 of direct payments. the welsh local government association says councils have an unshakeable commitment to impr