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Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru are both on board with the plan - but the Welsh Conservatives complained about the cost - an extra £18m a year on top of its £67m a year budget.Some who support the principle of a larger Senedd are worried about the way it will be elected, though a system known as
Voters will only be able to back a party, rather than a specific candidate - and there are concerns that will break the link between the electorate and the politicians themselves.Prof Laura McAllister said the "closed lists" system would put too much power in the hands of parties, and could erode trust with the public.There are plans for parties to be required to submit lists of candidates with at least 50% women,
Voters will cast their votes to select a party list, rather than an individual candidate.In the new large constituencies, six MSs will be elected.
A mathematical calculation called D'Hondt will be applied to the number of votes to decide who wins, and would be applied again and again until all the seats are allocated. The system was already used to decide who got the Senedd's regional spots.
The votes of all the parties are divided by the number of seats they have won at that point in the process, plus one. In the first instance, the party with the largest number of votes wins the first seat."The department needs to explain itself as to why it costs so much to run that department, because it's a lot of money. We would like to see it audited."
In a joint statement, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council said the increased fees had been approved "following full consideration of multiple factors".It continued: "These are being introduced to address budget pressures related to taxis in our roles as licensing authorities, and to cover the increased operational costs associated with CCTV data control.
"Additionally in Lewes district, they will fund extra resources to reduce a backlog in new applications, ensuring a more efficient service for the future."Follow BBC Sussex on