A new guide setting out a dozen steps to successful community growing will be launched at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff next week (Wednesday 23rd September) The Community Growing Resource Pack is designed to support the increasing number of community gardens, city farms and other growing spaces in Wales and covers everything from starting a group…
Download PDF[1.22MB] This report considers the progress made by local councils to address these weaknesses and highlights areas the Auditor General will focus on for the audit of the 2015-16 accounts. Since 2011-12, local councils in Wales have made progress to improve their financial management and governance. This is evidenced by improvements in the…
The targets used by Welsh Labour ministers to measure public service performance are ‘in tatters’ and urgent improvements are required across the country. That’s the focus of a Welsh Conservative debate in the Senedd today (Wednesday). Assembly Members will highlight health and education in particular – and call on Labour ministers to avoid…
Labour Ministers in Cardiff Bay are failing to truly recognise the benefits of apprenticeships to the Welsh economy, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have said. A report by the National Training Federation Wales entitled The Value of Apprenticeships to Wales notes that there is a “£74 return for every £1 invested compared to a £57 return for every…
We are issuing a warning to residents to ensure they are keeping their homes safe and secure after a spate of burglaries. Officers are advising householders not to make it easy for a burglar by locking all windows and doors and report any suspicious activity as soon as you become aware of it. Detective Inspector David…
Welsh Conservatives have called for early access to the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) in Wales – and an end to Labour refusals and confusion. With the farming industry facing significant challenges, every possible level of support is a necessity from Welsh government and the Deputy Leader of the Welsh Conservatives has questioned…
“The Council apologises for the delays caused this morning (Wednesday) and is working with South Wales Police to avoid similar congestion tomorrow (Thursday). “This morning’s delays were largely caused by a lorry parking at the junction of the diversion route, which blocked access on to the main road. Once this lorry was removed with the…
As part of the wider £1.66M South Wales Metro project for improvements to Upper Boat Gyratory and funding from Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s £5.89M Highways Investment Scheme, essential structural maintenance works have now began to the major bridge over the River Taf leading to the A473. In order to carry out this work safely the…
Exciting news as major scheme begins at Upper Boat, Pontypridd. A multi-million-pound programme of investment is set to take place to improve transport links in the Pontypridd and wider Taff Ely area. In autumn 2013 the Welsh Government confirmed plans for a South Wales Metro system that will provide improvements to bus and rail links…
The only party committed to protecting the NHS budget in Wales has called on Welsh Labour to respond to Jeremy Corbyn’s criticism of health funding here. Labour’s new socialist chief recently told a hall of supporters that ‘the Welsh NHS is clearly affected by funding’ (Cardiff’s Mercure Hotel, August 11th). Last week his…
