According to Diabetes UK Cymru nearly a quarter of people with diabetes (over 23 per cent) in Wales have said they aren’t prescribed a sufficient amount of test strips. [1] This supports recent findings by the charity, that people living with diabetes are being refused an essential piece of kit to monitor blood glucose by…
'Pernicious' welfare reforms coming into force today will push hundreds of thousands more children into poverty, a charity has warned. New cuts limiting Universal Credit to the first two children in a family will affect at least 850,000 families, of whom about two thirds are working, according to the Child Poverty Action Group. Research by the group…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (VARIOUS ROADS, PONTYCLUN) (VARIATION, WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS, DESIGNATED DISABLED PARKING BAYS) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made various Orders under Sections 1, 2, 4, 45 and 53 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“1984 Act”), the…
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has resolved to vary the licence fees charged for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicle & Operator Licences granted by the County Borough. These charges are to take effect from the 8/5/2017. The table of fees is set out below: Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Vehicle Licence (Annually)…
RHONDDA CYNON TAF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL Planning (Listed Buildings And Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Development Affecting the Character or Appearance of a Conservation Area Application No: 17/0266/10 Applicant: Mr Simeon Bones Proposal: Convert first floor office to one bed flat. Location: FIRST FLOOR, 9A GELLIWASTAD ROAD, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 2BW…
Many of you will know me, personally or by name. Born and brought up in Park Street I went to Cwmclydach Infant and Junior schools, then Tonypandy Grammar. My family, Butler on one side, Watts on the other, were, and still are, well known locally. My Labour opponent claims I have abandoned Clydach by moving…
One year after the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act came into force, minister for social services and public health Rebecca Evans has made a statement in the Senedd outlining the changes which have taken place. In the statement, the minister said that "people have a stronger voice in improving their well-being and deciding what…
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the Isle of Wight Council’s appeal in a high-profile case on unauthorised school absence where a father took his daughter to Florida without permission from her headteacher. The central issue in Isle of Wight Council v Platt [2017] UKSC 28 was the meaning of the word ‘regularly’ in section 444(1) of…
