Lloyd George Museum to remain open after funding boost

The museum is a recreation of David Lloyd George's boyhood home

A museum dedicated to the only Welsh prime minister has had its future secured for another year.

The Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy had its £27,000 annual funding cut by Gwynedd council in April 2017.

The UK government stepped in with a grant to keep it running for three years and that money is due to run out.

But the council has granted a "one-off" £27,000 payment while trustees seek a longer term solution, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The museum opened in 1947, two years after David Lloyd George died.

His second wife, Frances, left some land in the village to build a permanent memorial to her husband.

It is a recreation of the former prime minister's boyhood home, and boasts a vast collection including the first pension issued and a draft copy of the Great War peace treaty.

The authority's chief finance officer, Dafydd L Edwards, said: "In the circumstances, I believe that the decision being sought is reasonable.

"But if the money is released, I expect that conditions will be imposed, because a new scheme needs to be put in place to meet the financial gap in subsequent years."